CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Malum Prohibitum, Burglary, Community Policing
22 Sep 2016
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
How does a crime become law: mala in se (crimes that are wrong in themselves- murder, robbery, etc. ), mala prohibita (offenses prohibited by law- drugs, prostitution, gambling, etc. felonies (crimes that carry a year or more in jail), misdemeanors (crimes that can be punished by up to a year in jail) Visible crime: crimes that are not hard to identify- death or injury occurs. Property crimes: property owned by individuals or the government. Occupational crime: crimes committed by a legal business or profession. Organized crime: the framework at which acts are committed in an organized manner (money laundering) Victimless crime: crimes that do not hurt other people (prostitution- but can be victims of their pimp, drug possession) Political crime: criminal acts by/against the government that are carried out for ideological reasons- does the patriot act have the government committing crimes. Cyber crime: the use of one or more computers to move money around.
