Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia - Crime
A crime in a broad sense is an act that violates a political or moral law of any one person or social grouping. In the narrow sense, a cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime - Definition Of Crime In General
Most people who use this word are not "crime" specialists. Generally the word indicates a social concept of the person, where a specific ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime - Definition Of Crime In General
Most people who use this word are not "crime" specialists. Generally the word indicates a social concept of the person, where a specific ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Violent Crime: Encyclopedia - Violent Crime
A violent crime or crime of violence is a crime in which the offender uses or threatens to use violent force upon the victim. This entail...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Scene: Encyclopedia - Crime Scene
A crime scene is a location where an illegal act took place, and comprises the area from which most of the physical evidence is retrieved...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Science: Encyclopedia - Crime Science
Crime science is the study of crime, rather than just the offenders, as happens in other branches of criminology, in order to provide way...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Mapping: Encyclopedia - Crime Mapping
Crime mapping is a key component of crime analysis and the CompStat policing strategy. Mapping crime, using Geographic Information System...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Index: Encyclopedia - Crime Index
Crime indexes are generated to analyze crime statistics. The most common source of such statistics are records reported to the police. Cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Computer Crime: Encyclopedia - Computer Crime
Computer Crime, E-Crime, Hi-Tech Crime or Electronic Crime is a where a computer is the target of a crime or is the means adopted to comm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Statistics: Encyclopedia - Crime Statistics
Crime statistics provide a statistical measure of the level, or amount, of crime that is prevalent in societies. Crime statistics are gat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Boss: Encyclopedia - Crime Boss
A crime boss refers to someone in charge of a criminal organization. He almost always has command over his subordinates, and his profits ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consensual Crime: Encyclopedia - Consensual Crime
A consensual or victimless crime is behavior that is considered a crime, even though all of those involved in the act give consent, and n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Fiction: Encyclopedia - Crime Fiction
Crime fiction is the genre of fiction that deals with crimes, their detection, criminals, and their motives. It is usually distinguished ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Rate: Encyclopedia - Crime Rate
Crime rate is a measure of the rate of occurrence of crimes committed in a given area and time. Most commonly, crime rate is given as the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment
Crime and Punishment (Russian: Преступление и наказание) is a novel written in 1866 by Russian author Fyodor Dostoe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimes And Misdemeanors: Encyclopedia - Crimes And Misdemeanors
Crimes and Misdemeanors is a film written and directed by Woody Allen. It stars Woody Allen (as Cliff), Martin Landau (as Judah), Mia Far...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victimless Crime: Encyclopedia - Victimless Crime
A victimless or consensual crime is behavior which is forbidden by law, yet which does not directly harm nor violate the rights of anyone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Of Passion: Encyclopedia - Crime Of Passion
A crime of passion, in popular usage, refers to a crime in which the perpetrator commits a crime, specially assault or murder, against a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White-collar Crime: Encyclopedia - White-collar Crime
White-collar crimes (a term coined by Edwin Sutherland in 1939) or business crimes are those crimes specifically performed by using paper...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - War Crime: Encyclopedia - War Crime
A war crime is a punishable offense, under international (criminal) law, for violations of the law of war by any person or persons, milit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Crime: Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Crime
In the criminal law, a conspiracy is an agreement between two or more natural persons to break the law at some time in the future, so a n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Crime Commission: Encyclopedia - Australian Crime Commission
The Australian Crime Commission (ACC) was established when the Australian Crime Commission Act came into effect on 1 January 2003. It rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Battery Crime: Encyclopedia - Battery Crime
In many common law jurisdictions, the crime of battery involves an injury or other contact upon the person of another in a manner likely ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Traveller: Encyclopedia - Crime Traveller
Crime Traveller is a 1997 science fiction detective television series produced by the BBC based around the premise of using time travel f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uniform Crime Reports: Encyclopedia - Uniform Crime Reports
The Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) are crime indexes, published annually by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which summarize the i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Against Humanity: Encyclopedia - Crime Against Humanity
A crime against humanity is a term in international law that refers to acts of murderous persecution against a body of people, as being t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Against Peace: Encyclopedia - Crime Against Peace
A crime against peace, in international law, consists of starting or waging a war against the territorial integrity, political independen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corporate Crime: Encyclopedia - Corporate Crime
Corporate crime refers to criminal practices by individuals that have the legal authority to speak for a corporation or company. These ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Japan - Inhuman Crimes
As in the West, a number of seemingly extremely brutal and inhumane crimes has contributed to a certain sense of malaise in contemporary ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Australia - Regional Crime
Crime in Australia - Australian Capital Territory. Main articles: Crime in the Australian Capital Territory, and [[]], and [[]], and [...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime - Study
Matters related to criminal behavior in society are studied in the field of sociology in the sub-field of criminology, and a person who s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime - History
The first civilizations had codes of law, though these codes were not always recorded. The first known written codes were written by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime - Study
Matters related to criminal behavior in society are studied in the field of sociology in the sub-field of criminology, and a person who s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Political Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Political Crime - Discussion
At one extreme, crimes such as treason, sedition, and terrorism are political because they represent a direct challenge to the government...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Political Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Political Crime - Terrorism
People convicted or suspected of certain crimes qualified of terrorism by the government of their country (or some foreign countries) ref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime - History
The first civilizations had codes of law, though these codes were not always recorded. The first known written codes were written by the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Fiction - Categories Of Crime Fiction
Crime fiction can be divided into the following branches: Detective fiction The whodunnit Locked room mystery The Golden Age whodunnit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Fiction - Availability Of Crime Novels
Crime fiction - Quality and availability. As with any other entity, quality of a crime fiction book is not in any meaningful proportion...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Fiction - History Of Crime Fiction
Main article: History of crime fiction Crime fiction began to be considered as a serious genre only around 1900. The earliest inspiration...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Japan - Yakuza
The yakuza (underworld) had existed in Japan well before the 1800s and followed codes similar to the bushido of the samurai. Their early ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - White-collar Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - White-collar Crime - Relationship To Other Types Of Crime
White-collar crime - Blue-collar crime. The types of crime committed are a function of the opportunities available to the potential off...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Crime Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Crime Fiction - Crime Fiction In History
It was only after 1900, that novels and stories depicting crime and its consequences came to be recognised as a distinct literary genre, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime And Punishment - Themes
Crime and Punishment - Salvation through suffering. Crime and Punishment illustrates the theme of attaining salvation through suffering...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Fiction - Film And Literature: The Case Of Crime Fiction
Crime fiction and the motion picture industry have complemented each other well over the years. Both cater to the need of the average aud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consensual Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Consensual Crime - Examples
People often debate which crimes are consensual, arguing either that those involved are not in fact consenting adults, or that the crimes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime And Punishment - Characters
Crime and Punishment - Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov. Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, variously called Rodya and Rodka, is the protagoni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crimes And Misdemeanors: Encyclopedia Ii - Crimes And Misdemeanors - Plot
The film is set in 1980s New York and follows two main characters: Judah, a successful ophthalmologist, and Cliff, a failed documentary f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime And Punishment - Plot
The novel portrays the haphazardly planned murder of a miserly, aged pawnbroker and her younger sister by a destitute Saint Petersburg st...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Organized Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Organized Crime - Overview
Criminal organizations keep their illicit actions secret, and members communicate by word of mouth or telephone. Many organized crime ope...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime And Punishment - Structure
The novel is divided into six parts with an epilogue. Each part contains between five and eight chapters and the epilogue has two. The en...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime And Punishment: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime And Punishment - Analysis
The behavior of Raskolnikov throughout the book can also be found in other works of Dostoevsky, such as Notes from Underground and The Br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime - Natural Law Theory
An alternative view of crime is derived from the theory of natural law. In this view, crime is the violation of individual rights. Since ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Australia - Major Crimes In Australia
Crime in Australia - 1800 - 1899. During the 1800s convicts were sent from Britain to Australia. 1830s Myall Creek massacre (1838) NSW...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Syndicate Of America: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Syndicate Of America - The Original Crime Syndicate
The Crime Syndicate originally lived on Earth-Three, a world where history was "reversed" from the world we knew (e.g. President John Wil...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gambino Crime Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Gambino Crime Family - Bosses Of The Gambino Crime Family
Gambino crime family - Music. Mr. Moran, a song about Sammy "The Bull" Gravano on A Jackknife to a Swan by The Mighty Mighty Bosstone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime - Natural Law Theory
An alternative view of crime is derived from the theory of natural law. In this view, crime is the violation of individual rights. Since ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Syndicate Of America: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Syndicate Of America - The Modern Crime Syndicate
A post-Crisis version of the Crime Syndicate was eventually introduced. This post-Crisis version, essentially identical to the Earth-Thre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Syndicate Of America: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Syndicate Of America - The Modern Crime Syndicate
A post-Crisis version of the Crime Syndicate was eventually introduced. This post-Crisis version, essentially identical to the Earth-Thre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gambino Crime Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Gambino Crime Family - Impact Of The Gambino Crime Family
The Gambino Crime Family has been connected to narcotics trafficking, labor racketteering, counterfeiting, loansharking and extortion, ga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corporate Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Corporate Crime - Discussion
Corporate crime - What behaviour to criminalise. Behaviour can be regulated by the civil law (including administrative law) or the crim...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crime Insurance: Insurance Glossary Dictionary Iv - Crime Insurance
Definition and meaning of CRIME INSURANCE :   CRIME INSURANCE: Term referring to property coverages for the perils of burglary,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Japan - Social Factors
According to Ruth Benedict's shame culture/guilt culture analysis, an important factor keeping crime low is the traditional emphasis on t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crime Of '73: American History Dictionary - Crime Of '73
Definition and meaning of Crime of '73:   Crime of '73 In 1873 Congress demonetized silver. Inflationists who wanted a bimeta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese War Crimes: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese War Crimes - War Crimes
Japanese war crimes - Mass killings. The sheer number of deaths caused by the Japanese military during the 1930s and 1940s means that i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Western Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Western Australia - Major Crimes
Crime in Western Australia - Eric Cooke. Main articles: Eric Edgar Cooke, and [[]], and [[]], and [[]]   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genovese Crime Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Genovese Crime Family - History Of The Genovese Crime Family
Genovese crime family - Early History. The rackets that are today controlled by the Genovese family of American La Cosa Nostra were ori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Statistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Statistics - Recording Practises
Crime statistics recording practises vary, not only between countries and jurisictions but sometimes within jurisdictions and even betwee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Australia - Australian Criminals
Australian people who have been convicted of serious crimes, or are notable for their criminal activities and / or those who are now dece...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Australia - Prisons In Australia
Crime in Australia - Life imprisonment in Australia. In Australia, life imprisonment is of indeterminate length. The sentencing judge u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Australia - Bushrangers Of Australia
Bushrangers were criminals who used the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from authorities between committing their robberies, roughly ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Australia - Riots In Australia
See - Civil disturbances in Western Australia Crime in Australia - Specific riots. Lambing Flat riots 2004 Redfern riots 2005 Sydney...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Statistics: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Statistics - Counting Rules
Counting rules vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. Relatively few standards exist and none that permit international comparability be...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gambino Crime Family: Encyclopedia Ii - Gambino Crime Family - History Of The Gambino Crime Family
Gambino crime family - Origins. The Gambino family can be traced back to the Prohibition period under Alfred Mineo and Steve Ferrigno, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime - Other Uses Of The Word Worldwide
In other languages, "crime" usually refers to the English word "felony". In other cultures (and legal systems) the word crime is used spe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victimless Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Victimless Crime - Proponents For Reform
Advocates for reform of "victimless crime" statutes often argue that people ought to be allowed to do whatever they wish, except for thos...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime - Other Uses Of The Word Worldwide
Main articles: Felony, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]], and [[{{{5}}}]] In other lang ... See also:Crime, Crime - De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victimless Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Victimless Crime - Specific Arguments
It has been argued that suicide or taking drugs should not be against the law. This view holds that if the death or the drug-induced inca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingpin: Life Of Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingpin: Life Of Crime - Soundtrack
The soundtrack for Kingpin was provided by the rap group Cypress Hill, and featured 3 tracks from their album IV. These tracks were: 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Story: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Story - Filming Locations
The film is set mainly in Hong Kong, and partially in Taiwan. It includes real scenes of building explosions filmed in the deserted Kowlo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingpin: Life Of Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingpin: Life Of Crime - Background
Set in a quasi-retro time period, Kingpin features a mix of 1930s art deco crossed with modern technology and ideas. Many modern inventio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime Syndicate Of America: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime Syndicate Of America - Members
In both versions of the Crime Syndicate, its members are: Ultraman: the counterpart of Superman. Pre-Crisis, Ultraman came from a Krypto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consensual Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Consensual Crime - Giving Consent
When discussing consensual crimes, one issue is whether the participants are capable of giving genuine consent. This may not be the case ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardelegen War Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardelegen War Crime - Investigation
An investigation was undertaken by Lt. Col. Edward E. Cruise, Investigating Officer, Ninth Army War Crimes Branch. Text of Lt. Cruise's r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United States Cities By Crime Rate: Encyclopedia Ii - United States Cities By Crime Rate - Violent Crime Rate
United States cities by crime rate - Lowest violent crime rate. United States cities by crime rate - Highest violent crime rate. .....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingpin: Life Of Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingpin: Life Of Crime - Gameplay
Gameplay in Kingpin was most noted for its profanity laden dialogue and its graphic depiction of violence. An idea incorporated into the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United States Cities By Crime Rate: Encyclopedia Ii - United States Cities By Crime Rate - Total Crime Rate
The following are lists of the one-hundred safest and most dangerous U.S. cities with population 10,000 and above for which reported crim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kingpin: Life Of Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Kingpin: Life Of Crime - Controversy
The game received a fair amount of controversy due to its graphic depiction of violence and heavy use of profanity. The game picked up in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese War Crimes: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese War Crimes - Definitions
There are differences from one country to another regarding the definition of Japanese war crimes. Japanese war crimes - Japanese defini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gardelegen War Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Gardelegen War Crime - Details
On Friday, April 13, 1945, 1016 political and military prisoners were locked inside a barn on the Isenschnibbe estate and burned to death...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese War Crimes: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese War Crimes - Background
Japanese war crimes - Japanese military culture and imperialism. Military culture, especially during Japan's imperialist phase had grea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Australia - Law Enforcement In Australia
Crime in Australia - Federal law enforcement. Australian Coastwatch Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Australian Crime Co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ghatkopar: Encyclopedia Ii - Ghatkopar - Crime
Crime in Ghatkopar consists primarily of petty theft, murders, robberies and crime statistics generally are on the higher end of the spec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Australia: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Australia - Death Penalty In Australia
The death penalty was abolished in Queensland in 1922, Tasmania in 1968, the Commonwealth in 1973, Northern Territory in 1973, Victoria i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pattaya: Encyclopedia Ii - Pattaya - Crime
Petty crimes such as picking pockets are a known problem in and around the major tourist areas, such as Jomtien Beach and Pattaya Beach. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Corporate Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Corporate Crime - Definitional Issues
Corporate crime - Legal person. The Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution stipulates that, "No State shall make or enforce any...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nairobi: Encyclopedia Ii - Nairobi - Crime
Nairobi has struggled with rising crime, earning a reputation for being a dangerous city and the nickname "nairobbery". In 2001, the Unit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Victimless Crime: Encyclopedia Ii - Victimless Crime - Proponents Of Status Quo
Advocates for the retention of victimless crime laws believe in keeping these laws for the good of society as well as for the good of the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese War Crimes: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese War Crimes - Background
Japanese war crimes - Japanese military culture and imperialism. Military culture, especially during Japan's imperialist phase had grea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crime In Melbourne: Encyclopedia Ii - Crime In Melbourne - Early History
From the 1950s until the early 1990s the majority of underworld crime figures and major incidents can be traced back to the Painters and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Japanese War Crimes: Encyclopedia Ii - Japanese War Crimes - Definitions
There are differences from one country to another regarding the definition of Japanese war crimes. Japanese war crimes - Japanese defini...   » Read the article