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Victimless Crimes |
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Crime where there is no apparent victim and no apparent pain or injury. This class of crime usually involves only consenting adults in activities such as Prostitution, Sodomy, and Gaming where the acts are not public, no one is harmed, and no one complains of the activities. Some groups advocate legalizing victimless crimes by removing these acts from the law books. Other critics complain that there is no such thing as a victimless crime; whenever one of these crimes is committed but goes unpunished, individual mores, societal values, and the Rule of Law are undermined or compromised, rendering society itself the victim. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It also extends the bill's reach to include voluntary sex acts as well as coerced ones, providing money to law enforcement to fight both human slavery and victimless crimes without distinguishing between the two. Victimless crimes committed by non-Indians only add to the complexity of Indian country criminal law because the jurisdictional statutes relating to Indian country offenses are silent concerning this violation subcategory. For example, young drug dealers might think they have committed victimless crimes. |
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