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Legal Studies Crime: Key legal concepts and features of the legal system * Crime: an act or omission committed against the community at large that is punishable by law. * Types of Crimes: - Offences against persons- homicide (where person is unlawfully killed), assault and sexual assault. - Economic Offences - larceny (intentionally depriving a person of goods by taking them dishonestly), robbery (breaking and entering- serious type of larceny), intellectual property, white collar crime (includes: embezzlement and corporate crimes) - Offences against the State - Treason (breach of allegiance) or Sedition - Drug Offences - possession and dealing - Public order Offences - Summary offences (offensive language, offensive conduct, obstructing traffic etc) - Traffic Offences - Victimless Crimes - where there is no such hurt or injury, and consequently no victim. - Preliminary Crimes -Attempt (crimes which have not occurred) and Conspiracy (where persons have not done the act but helped plan it) and Complicity (2nd person) * Sources...

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