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Actus reus |
action or conduct which is a constituent element of a crime, as opposed to the mental state of the accused. |
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Crime index |
An estimate of crimes committed |
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Crime index offences cleared |
The number of offences for which at least one person has been arrested, charged with commission of the offense and turned over to court for prosecution. |
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Crime rates |
A measure of the incidence of crime expressed as the number of crime per unit of population or some other bases. |
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Crimes known to the police |
A Chrime index, reported in the FBI'sb uniform crime reports, composed of crimes that are both reported to and recorded by the police |
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Dark figure of crime |
The numbers of crimes not officially recorded by the police. |
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Ex post facto law |
A law that makes illegal an act that was legal when committed, increases the penalties for an infraction after it has been committed, or changes the rules of evidence to make conviction easier. |
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Juvenile delinquency |
the habitual committing of criminal acts or offenses by a young person ,from 7 -18 |
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Legal definition of crime |
An international violation of the criminal law or penal code , committed without defense or excuse and penalized by the state |
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Libel |
a published false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation; a written defamation |
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Mala in Se |
is a Latin phrase meaning wrong or evil in itself. |
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Mala prohibita |
Malum prohibitum is a Latin phrase used in law to refer to conduct that constitutes an unlawful act only by virtue of statute, as opposed to conduct that is evil in and of itself |
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Mens rea |
Criminal intent;a guilty state of mind |
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National crime victimization |
A source of crime statistics based on interviews in which respondents are asked whether they have been victims of any of the FBI's index offences in the past six months . Of they are they are asked to provide information about the experiences |
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Nonenforcement |
The failure to routinely enforce prohibitions agenst ceartain behaviors |
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Norm |
Any standard or rule regarding what human beings should or should not say think or do |
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Overcriminalization |
The prohibition by the criminal law of some behaviors that arguably should not be prohibited |
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Self reporting crime surveys |
Surveys in which subjects are asked if they have committed any crimes |
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Slander |
the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation. |
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Uniform crime reports |
A collection of crime statistics and other law enforcements information gathered under a voluntary national program administered by the FBI |
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