The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
Status crime — A Status Crime is a crime of being rather than a crime of doing. Examples of status crimes include addiction, homelessness or prostitution. The distinction with other crimes is that individuals are not caught in the act of a crime. For example, a … Wikipedia
status crime — A class of crime which consists not in proscribed action or inaction, but in the accused s having a certain personal condition or being a person of a specified character. An example of a status crime is vagrancy. Status crimes are… … Black's 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 Pays (Cam'ron album) — Crime Pays Studio album by Cam ron Released May 12, 2009 … Wikipedia
Crime in India — Crime is present in various forms in India. Organized crime include drug trafficking, gunrunning, money laundering, extortion, murder for hire, fraud, human trafficking and poaching. Many criminal operations engage in black marketeering,… … Wikipedia
Crime film — Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real life criminal figures, to the far fetched evil doings of imaginary arch villains. Criminal acts are… … Wikipedia
Crime and Disorder Act 1998 — Parliament of the United Kingdom Long title An Act to make provision for preventing crime and disorder; to create certain racially aggravated offences; to abolish the rebuttable presumption that a child is doli incapax and … Wikipedia
status offense — A type of crime that is not based upon prohibited action or inaction but rests on the fact that the offender has a certain personal condition or is of a specified character. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. status… … Law dictionary
crime of violence — crime of violence: a crime that by its nature poses a substantial risk that force will be used against a person or property ◇ A record of crimes of violence is used esp. to determine career offender status under federal sentencing guidelines.… … Law dictionary
status offenders — Youths charged with the status of being beyond the control of their legal guardian or are habitually disobedient, truant from school, or having committed other acts that would not be a crime if committed by an adult, i.e., smoking. Also referred… … Law dictionary
