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Crime

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term crime does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition, though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes. The most popular view is that crime is a category created by law; in other words, something…

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Criminal law

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Crime statistics

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Criminal justice

Crime prevention

Criminology

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Crime

Nodes259
Edges258
Triples310
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007722
Components1

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Crime

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related to References · 120
Crime → An Assessment, An Eye, Andrew, Anthony, Ashworth, Bantekas, Basia, Biological Theories, Born, Bottoms, Brandon, Chapman, Colin, Costello, CRC Press, Crime Prevention, Crime Science, Crime Victims, Crimes Against, Criminal Law
related to history · 12
Crime → BC, Code, Hammurabi, Imperial China, Most, Restrictions, Roman, Roman Empire, Some, The, The Romans, Ur-Nammu
related to Post-classical era · 12
Crime → Common, East Asia, England, Europe, He, Henry II, In, Italy, Kingdom, Legal, Russian Empire, Towns
related to Corrections and punishment · 9
Crime → Authorities, Developed, Historically, In, Instead, Retributive, The, This, Whether
related to Modern era · 9
Crime → Anthropological, Cesare Lombroso, Imprisonment, In, Increasing, The, This, Thomas Hobbes, Writers
related to Victim · 9
Crime → Common, In, Many, Overall, Repeat, Several, Some, Victimization, Victimology
related to Criminal · 8
Crime → Criminals, Despite, Historically, Indignant, Prosecutions, Public, Sympathetic, What
related to Further reading · 8
Crime → Discussed, June, Malcolm Gladwell, Moment, System, The Heat, The New Yorker, To
related to Crime statistics · 7
Crime → Clearance, Fear, Information, Methods, The, Under-reporting, Victim
related to Criminology · 7
Crime → Besides, Criminology, Due, It, Subfields, The, Various

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criminal law crimes may state isbn legal criminals century criminology public punishment system social pp acts victims also often person

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Crimeis aunlawful act punishable by a state or other authority0.90text
Crimeis acategory created by law0.90text
Crimeis aphilosophical issue without an agreed upon answer0.90text
Crimeis atype of social construct0.90text
murderinstance ofSuch acts are forbidden and punishable by law.The notion that acts0.80text
rapeinstance ofSuch acts are forbidden and punishable by law.The notion that acts0.80text
and theft are to be prohibited exists worldwideinstance ofSuch acts are forbidden and punishable by law.The notion that acts0.80text
a community sentenceinstance ofan offender may be sentenced to a form of reparation0.80text
orinstance ofan offender may be sentenced to a form of reparation0.80text
depending on the nature of their offenceinstance ofan offender may be sentenced to a form of reparation0.80text
to undergo imprisonmentinstance ofan offender may be sentenced to a form of reparation0.80text
life imprisonment orinstance ofan offender may be sentenced to a form of reparation0.80text

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