types of crime

Question 1

what are the 5 official categories of crime?

Answer 1

1) non-sexual crimes of violence
2) sexual offences
3) crimes of dishonesty
4) fire raising, vandalism, etc
5) other crimes

Question 2

examples of non-sexual crimes of violence?

Answer 2

assault, murder, attempted murder, robbery, terrorism, kidnapping,

Question 3

examples of sexual offences

Answer 3

sexual assault, rape

Question 4

examples of crimes of dishonesty

Answer 4

fraud, theft, mugging, burglary

Question 5

examples of fire raising, vandalism, etc

Answer 5

vandalism, fire raising

Question 6

examples of other crimes

Answer 6

stalking, cyber crimes, drink driving, online abuse

Question 7

what is white-collar crime?

Answer 7

employees who work in offices or sales who take advantage of their position to commit crimes e.g. scamming

Question 8

what is blue-collar crime?

Answer 8

a member of the working class who performs manual labour, these crimes are more obvious than white-collar crimes as there usually is an immediate victim and more police attention is attracted e.g. mugging, vandalism, assault

Question 9

what are hate crimes?

Answer 9

an incident based on someones prejudice towards them because of their race, religion, sexuality or disability e.g. hate mail, assault, murder

Question 10

what are cyber crimes?

Answer 10

specialist criminal groups targeting individuals, small businesses and large corporations to steal personal info and profit off the compromised data e.g. phishing, key logging

Question 11

what is gun crime?

Answer 11

any crime committed using a firearm e.g. shooting a person, discharging a weapon or threatening someone with a gun or even carrying a gun or imitation gun