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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. Crime is the breach of rules or laws for which some governing authority (via mechanisms such as legal systems) can ultimately prescribe a conviction. Individual human societies may each define crime and crimes differently. While every crime violates the law, not every violation of the law counts as a crime; for example: breaches of contract and of other civil law may rank as "offences" or as "infractions". Modern societies generally regard crimes as offenses against the public or the state, distinguished from torts (offenses against private parties that can give rise to a civil cause of action). When informal relationships and sanctions prove insufficient to establish and maintain a desired social order, a government or a sovereign state may impose more formalized or stricter systems of social control. With institutional and legal machinery at their disposal, agents of the State can compel populations to conform to codes, and can opt to punish or to attempt to reform those who do not conform. Authorities employ various mechanisms to regulate (encouraging or discouraging) certain behaviors in general. Governing or administering agencies may for example codify rules into laws, police citizens and visitors to ensure that they comply with those laws, and implement other policies and practices which legislators or administrators have prescribed with the aim of discouraging or preventing crime. In addition, authorities provide remedies and sanctions, and collectively these constitute a criminal justice system. Legal sanctions vary widely in their severity, they may include (for example) incarceration of temporary character aimed at reforming the convict. Some jurisdictions have penal codes written to inflict permanent harsh punishments: legal mutilation, capital punishment or life without parole. The sociologist Richard Quinney has written about the relationship between society and crime. When Quinney states "crime is a social phenomenon" he envisages both how individuals conceive crime and how populations perceive it, based on societal norms. The label of "crime" and the accompanying social stigma normally confine their scope to those activities seen as injurious to the general population or to the State, including some that cause serious loss or damage to individuals. Those who apply the labels of "crime" or "criminal" intend to assert the hegemony of a dominant population, or to reflect a consensus of condemnation for the identified behavior and to justify any punishments prescribed by the State (in the event that standard processing tries and convicts an accused person of a crime). Often a natural person perpetrates a crime, but legal persons may also commit crimes. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Can a criminal trial bring in statements of the accused from a civil trial? Q. As in the case of Casey Anthony in Florida. If she were to appear and answer questions in the civil lawsuit against her for deflaming the character of Zenaida Gonzalez, could her answers be used against her in the criminal trial for the murder charges that she is up against? My understanding is that one cannot enter testimony from one jurisdiction into another jurisdiction's hearings. Am I correct? Asked by Lavanda - Sat Mar 7 14:36:01 2009 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments A. No, you are wrong, testimony given under oath is admissible against the person in another proceeding. And, is she says that she lied then she could be prosecuted for perjury for the testimony. Good Luck Answered by Cindy B - Sat Mar 7 16:38:15 2009 What is the best way to overcome a criminal background? Q. I recently graduated from college with a Bachelors in criminal justice but it seems like I don't stand a chance to obtain any employment in that field because of my criminal background. I have applied elsewhere but my background keeps hunting me. It seems like the only way that I have a remote chance of acquiring decent employment is by forcing myself to lie on the employment application in regards to my criminal background. I don't want to do that, but it seems like I don't stand a chance otherwise. My girlfriend does not want me to be lying on anything, but she has no clue what is like to get rejected over and over again. I have a good positive mental attitude and that's what keeps me going, but I just wish people (employer) would… [cont.] Asked by Ivan - Tue Aug 7 14:29:59 2007 - - 11 Answers - 0 Comments A. Well, it depends on what kind of a job you are looking for. If you are looking for a career in civil service, you can pretty much forget about it if it was a felony. As far as other kinds of jobs, take a serious look at what state you are residing in. Each state has very different laws as to what information is available to employers and even what kinds of questions employers may ask about your history. For example, in Kansas, everything that the state has on your criminal past is fair game for an employer, including arrests and verdicts of "not guilty," and an employer is free to ask, as a condition of employment, what your history is. By contrast, in Massachusetts, the version of computerized criminal records shown to non-government… [cont.] Answered by Jason W - Tue Aug 7 21:25:26 2007 What does having a criminal record limit you to be able to do?
Q. Having a criminal record, what can one no longer do or is excluded from doing in society? Asked by Michael M - Sun Jan 13 16:35:16 2008 - - 10 Answers - 0 Comments A. Not much you can still be quite free, only certain jobs and some things may be harder. Answered by K - Mon Jan 14 15:27:17 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "criminal" Crime in the field of sociology is the breach of a rule or law for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a punishment. The word crime originates from the Latin crimen (genitive criminis), from the Latin root cernō and Greek κρινω = "I judge". Originally it meant "charge (in law), guilt, accusation". Sourced
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