consensual crime
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Consensual crime — Criminology and Penology Schools Chicago School · Classical School Conflict Criminology Environmental Criminology Feminist School ·&# … Wikipedia
crime against nature — crime against nature: a sexual act (as of bestiality) that is regarded by the law as abnormal; also: the crime of committing such an act Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. crime against nature … Law dictionary
crime — / krīm/ n [Middle French, from Latin crimen fault, accusation, crime] 1: conduct that is prohibited and has a specific punishment (as incarceration or fine) prescribed by public law compare delict, tort 2: an offense against public law … Law dictionary
Crime against nature — This article is about types of sex act. For other meanings see Crime against nature (disambiguation). Contents 1 Current use 1.1 Louisiana … Wikipedia
Consensual homicide — Homicide Murder … Wikipedia
Crime of passion — For other uses, see Crime of passion (disambiguation). Homicide … Wikipedia
Victimless crime — A victimless crime is a term used to refer to actions that have been ruled illegal but do not directly violate or threaten the rights of another individual. It often involves consensual acts in which two or more persons agree to commit a criminal … Wikipedia
Public order crime — For relevant case law, see Public order crime case law in the United States In criminology public order crime is defined by Siegel (2004) as ...crime which involves acts that interfere with the operations of society and the ability of people to… … Wikipedia
Public-order crime — Criminology and penology Theories Causes and correlates of crime Anomie Differential association theory Deviance … Wikipedia
victimless crime — noun An act or behavior which is prohibited by law, yet which neither directly harms nor violates the rights of any specific person, although some people may claim it harms society as a whole. This concept typically applies to adults. See Also:… … Wiktionary
