Types of crime Flashcards
What is rule of law
The fact that the law applies to everyone
What is separation of powers
Legislature - Parliament –> creates the law
Executive - Adminsters the law
Judiciary - makes judgements on the law - interprets
What is Human rights
The underpinning factor to the existence of human rights
Street crime
Visible components of crime, in public places
Fear of crime
Concerns of fears that people express about potential crimes on themselves
Gender based violence
Physical or non-physical forms of harassment, abuse and harm d to gender identity
Elder abuse
Physical, sexual, emotional - usually by family members or carers
Child abuse
Physical, sexual , emotional, neglect, prostitution, pornography
White collar crime
Committed by a person in a respectable, high social status in his/hers occupation
Environmental Crime
an illegal act which directly harms the environment.
Cyber crime
Crime committed through technology:
Hacking - gain information
Phishing -collects personal info
illegal intercepts
Transnational crime
provision of illicit goods (drug trafficking, trafficking in stolen property,
weapons trafficking, and counterfeiting), illicit services (commercial sex and human trafficking),
infiltration of business and government (fraud
Violent Crime
Violation of criminal law, that involve the intentional use of violence by one person against another
Firearms
Commission of crime with an instrument used as a weapon, with the purpose of killing, injuring of defeating another
Homicides
Criminal act of murder, killing a human being premeditated and with malice
Manslaughter
Murder that is not premeditated
Occupational violence
Attempted exercise of a person, to cause injury to a worker, threatening statement
Robbery
Unlawful taking of property without consent, by physical force or threated force
Armed robbery - conducted with weapons or imitation weapons
implied weapons -weapon not seen but claims to have one
Unarmed robbery - weapon is not used
Kidnap and abduction
Kidnap - taken against their will, usually with force - threats against them, intent, suggestion victim will suffer harm
Accompanied with ransom of money
Abduction - taken away by persuasion, forceful way
Assault
direct infliction of force, injury or violence on a person , including threats
Domestic family violence
Invoices threatened behaviour , abuse can be physical, sexual, financial, psychological, emotional
Between adults - intimate relationship
SPECSS - reasons for increases in domestic abuse
Separation, pregnancy, escalation , cultural , sexual assault, stalking
Sexual crime
A physical assault of a sexual nature - does not give consent , consent under intimidation, legally enable of giving consent - age or permeant or temporary capacity to do so
Rape Types
opportunist - approach is explicit, pro offending
Sadistic sexual rapist - sexual driven - experience sexual fantasies - sexual arousals - distorted attitudes
Sadistic rapist - aggression , erotic and discursive thoughts and fantasies
Vindictive raise women are the central focus , degrading and humiliating victim
Angry rapist motivated by anger