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Common law felonies |
murder, robbery, manslaughter, rape, sodomy, larceny, arson, mayhem, and Dark figure of crime burglary |
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Dark figure of crime |
Crimes unknown to Police and are not included in the official crime statistics |
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Felon |
A person who has been found guilty of committing a felony crime |
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Mala In Se |
A Latin legal phrase referring to crimes that are “wrongs in themselves” |
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Mala prohibita |
Acts that are criminal merely because they are prohibited by the government |
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Misdemeanant |
A person who has been found guilty of committing a misdemeanor crime |
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National crime victimization survey (NCVS) |
A major national survey designed to measure the dark figure of crime |
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National incident based reporting system (NIBRS) |
A incident base reporting system used by law-enforcement agencies in the United States for collecting a reporting data on crimes |
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Omission |
failure to do some thing that was legally required |
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Rate (crime) |
The number of times the crime occurs per 100,000 residence |
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U.S. Census Bureau |
A government agency partly responsible for conducting the NCVS |
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Uniform crime reports (UCR) |
Official crime statistics for the United States that are collected and compiled by the FBI |
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Victimless crime |
A term used to refer to crimes that do not directly harm a particular victim, such as prosecution and gambling |
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Violation |
A category of acts that are contrary to law, do not reach the level of misdemeanor, such as traffic offenses |
