7.4: Crime and the Law
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Types of Crimes
Crime Statistics
Public Perception of Crime
The U.S. Criminal Justice System
Police
Courts
Corrections
Summary
Section Quiz
Short Answer
Further Research
References
Glossary
- corporate crime
- crime committed by white-collar workers in a business environment
- corrections system
- the system tasked with supervising individuals who have been arrested for, convicted of, or sentenced for criminal offenses
- court
- a system that has the authority to make decisions based on law
- crime
- a behavior that violates official law and is punishable through formal sanctions
- criminal justice system
- an organization that exists to enforce a legal code
- hate crimes
- attacks based on a person’s race, religion, or other characteristics
- legal codes
- codes that maintain formal social control through laws
- nonviolent crimes
- crimes that involve the destruction or theft of property, but do not use force or the threat of force
- police
- a civil force in charge of regulating laws and public order at a federal, state, or community level
- self-report study
- a collection of data acquired using voluntary response methods, such as questionnaires or telephone interviews
- street crime
- crime committed by average people against other people or organizations, usually in public spaces
- victimless crime
- activities against the law, but that do not result in injury to any individual other than the person who engages in them
- violent crimes
- crimes based on the use of force or the threat of force