CRJU110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Arson, James Charles Kopp, Policy Debate
16 Feb 2017
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Crime and crime causation: offenses that are wrong by their very nature. Mala prohibita: offenses prohibited by law but not wrong in themselves. Misdemeanor crimes: punishable by less than one year in prison. Types of crimes: visible crime, victimless crime, occupational crime, organized crime- mafia, political crime-terrorism, snowden, cyber crime-on computer. Majority of law enforcement resources are employed to deal with visible crimes. Crimes without victims involve a willing and private exchange of goods and services that are in strong demand but are illegal: prostitution, gambling, drug sales and use, private exchange of illegal goods. Called victimless because participants do not feel that they are being harmed. These crimes are prosecuted on the ground that society as a whole is being injured. Police often focus on visible crimes and victimless crimes. Committed within the context of a legal business or profession. Costs to society from such crimes is estimated to be near one trillion dollars annually.
