Issues of Violence and Serious Crimes Committed by Child and Juvenile Offenders and How the Law and Society Deals With It

Running Head : Child Crimes

Social Legal Issues in Child Crimes

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Issues of Violence and Serious Crimes Committed by Child and Juvenile Offenders and How the Law and Society Deals With It

Crime in General - Introduction

Crime in the technical and legal sense of the word means such actions of human beings which are prohibited by the law of the country . There are many types of crimes having a conduct of as

Committing Homicide or Murder

Stealing an Automobile Vehicle or Car

Driving

Under the Influence of Alcohol (DUI

Trading or Possessing Illegal Drugs

It is the responsibility of the state to define the various types of crimes at different levels like local , provincial and federal or state level . The severity and nature of the crime vary from region to region In the technical definition , a crime is simply the criminal violation of law . Since actions taken in the process of crime are detrimental to the society , a crime is considered as an offense against the government and the state . The criminal law of a country deals with such actions of the criminals which are harmful to the individual 's property and money . An act of an individual is considered a crime in the eyes of law if there is sufficient evidence by which the legal authorities as the police prosecutor or judge are convinced that the deed committed is in violation of the criminal law . Thus people committing various crimes are called criminals . Nevertheless , the law does not consider an accused a criminal unless a jury or a judge verdicts him or her guilty of the crime . The branch of study which deals with the criminal behavior is called Criminology , while the legal experts who establish why , when and where a typical crime was committed are called Criminologists

The different ways in which the several types of crimes may be classified include

Some important kinds of crime include organized crimes , white-collar crimes , and other crimes . Broadly the `Types of Crimes ' include

Felonies and misdemeanors

Crimes against people or property

Crimes against public

Organized crime

White-collar crime

Computer crime

Hate crime

Treason

War crime (Taylor , Robert W , n .p .n .d

Crimes in the United States

The chief source of information on crimes in the United States is the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation . FBI regularly receives crime reports from the law agencies of the states of the USA . Then after summarizing these reports , the FBI publishes it in the government reports and gazettes . It also issues the annual "Uniform Crime Reports for the United States

The Crime Index thus prepared by the FBI is distributed under seven (7 heads depending upon the severity in each crime . These offenses thus classified under various heads include

According to Robert W . Taylor , the four major crimes , ranked as most violent include

Aggravated assault

Forcible rape

Murder and non-negligent manslaughter , and

Robbery

Whereas the rest three , relatively less severe are

Crimes against Property burglary

Larceny and theft...