Characteristics

• Action intended to cause harm that is forbidden by law
• anyone above 10 convicted
• it is a construct and based on who views the crime
• Farr + Gibson- 7 types of crime
• property predatory crime- burglary/robbery
• property fraudulent crime - deceitful/ manipulation or fraud
• Interpersonal violence general- murder/ assault
• Interpersonal violence sexual- rape/ sexual abuse
• Transactional vice/ victimless crime- gambling/ prostetution
• order distribution- there is no victim but concern for a potential victim- loitering/ resisted arrest
• folk/mundane crime- minor or major (fishing w/o a licence/ load regulation)
• Most people have committed crime
• Sometimes highlight problems in the law- must change