Although I have no quarrel with illegal offenses, there are some "crimes" which are victimless, and make me wonder if they should be considered worthy of prosecution. ... This is truly a victimless crime because the decision to wager ones own possessions or income is solely up to the individual. ... One argument against the theory of victimless crimes is that these crimes negatively affect the individual making them the victim. ... Although it is true that many of these victimless crimes indirectly cause other crimes that can have one or several victims the act in itself causes no harm to an...

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The effects consensual crimes have on the world are meager. ... The alleged crimes described do not directly effect another human being("Should all victimless crimes be made legal?"... My primary audience is law makers who put many people behind bar for harmless crimes. ... The tentative argument is victimless crimes do not effect other people. ... As result many people's taxes are being used to fund prisons and those who are arrested for consensual crimes are being held in a facility along with a number of murderers("Victimless Crimes", 2003). ...

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Victimless crimes are simply defined as a crime having no victim. I believe the laws against victimless crimes are not direct threats to the privacy of individuals. ... These crimes erode the systems of ethics" and morals in the fabric of our society. I must point out that while I agree with many of the laws against victimless crimes I do not agree with them all. ... Victimless crimes may not show any immediate victim but over time society as a whole is the victim. ...

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So a victimless crime has no victim, which means that no one should be hurt. ... However, that is the overall question as to whether someone is truly hurt by these victimless crimes. ... It is hard to believe that something that seems to some as having no victim actually contains and may affect more people and have more victims than crimes "victimless crimes" affect our whole society. I believe that these "victimless crimes" are the types of crimes that have played a key role in the expanded crime rate. ... So yes because there are so many victims of these so called "victimless ...

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Lastly, harsh punishments for small crimes have also been taken out the Puritan existence, and implemented into today's American society, causing numerous acts of controversy and fear. ... Lack of sensitivity is the key ingredient in today's idea of harsh punishments for victimless crimes, which again is a Puritan influence on today's American society. ... In a Puritan society, every crime had its repercussion, and to insure that the crime wouldn't happen again, the punishments were "quite harsh" (Elkin), and in many cases, were intolerable to many because the crimes ...

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Organized Crime in America Today organized crime in the United States grows larger and continues to strive in Americans society. ... (Organized Crime, 2001) First, organized crime involves participants who associate themselves into complex systems for the sole purpose of committing crimes. ... (Organized Crime, 2001) Third, organizational crime offers illegal goods and services in order to make profits. ... Clean graft is victimless crime such as bookmaking, and prostitution rings, cockfights, dogfights. ... The main line between clean and dirty graft is that clean graft us...

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The War on Drugs People have many reasons why we should legalize drugs, like, So many people are going to jail, it is a victimless crime, violent crimes will go down, the government spends too much money on the war on drugs, and smoking marijuana is harmless. ... Violent crime rates soared near Needle Park. ... A17 Drug use is a "victimless crime," speak with a mother or father of a drug addict. ... Talk to the addict's wife or her husband and tell me that this is a victimless crime. ... They all will tell you that drug addiction is not a victimless crime. ...

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These are mainly property crimes of the household (burglary) and personal crime (theft from the person). ... White-collar crime, fraud and motor offences and so-called "victimless crime" such as possession or drug dealing are also not included. ... This meant that multiple crimes such as domestic abuse and persistent harassment could only be counted as six crimes, and the rest were put together as one crime. ... Another major flaw in the BCS is the categorisation of crime; a minor or petty crime is counted equally as a major crime in the final statistics. ... The perception of crime affects mo...

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That made for some great movies but does not represent crime in the real world. ... The market for organized crime is always primed for the entrepreneur at heart with a lot of guts. ... Not all organized crime works this way but it does play a large role in the business. Violence is not always associated with organized crime, victimless crimes play a large part in this underworld business, but when problems arise between organizations they don't have legal help like regular citizens so they often turn to criminal and violent force to deal with problems. ... I feel like we are in a l...

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Technology. Information and conveniences we never could never even fathom five years ago. Computers, voice activated products, robots to complete manufacturing, using the Internet to see the world anytime, from anyplace, and now you can even call anywhere from places you would never find a phone. ...

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Music and movie piracy are the most common forms and fall into the category of Intellectual Property Crimes. ... However, piracy is considered a "victimless" crime because it does not directly affect a person, but in the long term it will. Many people, including upstanding citizens, often do not perceive this as a crime. ... For purchasers, there is little to no risk in buying this kind of product because they believe it is very unlikely and difficult to be caught for this type of crime. ... It demonstrates that piracy is not victimless. ...

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The argument that prostitution is a "victimless crime " has been thrown around by people who believe it should be legalized. ... In many cases, prostitution is viewed as a detestable act, something that should be shamed, and ultimately a horrendous crime. ... Legalizing Prostitution would also decrease crime by a small margin, money spent on fighting crimes involved with prostitution, and provide streetwalkers and private prostitutes safer working environments (Long 5). ... In Long's conclusion he states that criminalization of a victimless crime such as prostitution is almost completely ...

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Six, the use of the drug is regarded as victimless crime. ... This may lead to an increase in social vices such as increased crime rates, prostitution, among others. ... The pros of legalizing marijuana include; the fight against the use of drugs is ineffective and costly, it will lead to a decrease in accidents caused by alcohol consumption, it will cause tax and economical gains, it is not physically addictive, its legalization will lead to regulation, it is regarded as victimless crime, and the ban of marijuana has not been successful and has not prevented individuals from accessing and usi...

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In the past, society has viewed white-collar crime almost as a victimless crime, perhaps because of its non-violent nature. ... But today, companies can no longer afford to sweep corporate crime under the rug. ... White-collar crime is thought of as an act performed solely for the individual, such as embezzlement, but in this case, the crime is committed by someone trying to save his or her job. ... This code can serve as a guideline to avoiding white-collar crime. ... Firms must be aggressive and seek out major reasons why white-collar crime is committed. ...

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Date rape can often be seen as a victimless crime where the women often fails to report it because she has no memory of the events during her unconsciousness. This act of deviance is clearly a consensus crime as all types of rapes are. ...

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The victimless crime process of purchasing a low value 'pirate copy' heavily impacts the industry. ... Overall, the argument that many state is getting a hold of a copy of something digitally and freely does not and will not have any sort of impact as the item or product is not physical being stolen and is a victimless crime. ...

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Gambling is not victimless. ... Researchers have found that gamblers are for more likely to commit crimes, run up large debts, and kill themselves. The debt, crime, and suicides associated with problem gambling have its costs. ... Gambling will cost taxpayers millions of dollars more for crimes committed by gamblers. Crime is just a small part of the total cost. ...

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A huge portion of the future children of America have been indulged with the interest of crime and violence. ... Reducing Juvenile delinquency would help the United States in winning the battle against violence and crime. ... Drug use has been labeled as a victimless crime, but by adolescents engaging in delinquent activity as a result of drug use suggests that it is no longer a victimless crime. ... The idea that targeting juveniles is a key to diminishing violence and crime can be seen here, because reducing drug use by adolescents might also help reduce drug use by adults whom take part ...

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- Don't you agree that a individual should be entitled to make his/her own decisions. Sure some of the decisions we make in our life might effect our health, but you should have the right to do what u want to do, as long as your not harming anyone else. This brings me to my first argument on why I ...

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Like drinking, drug use, prostitution, and sex, abortion is a victimless crime. ... Schur argues " the laws against abortion points up some of the major consequences of attempting to legislate against the crimes without victims."... (qtd.in Sykes) Unenforceable laws have little affect on people's behaviors, but do lead to crime and corruption. ...

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For some, including myself, prostitution is considered mala prohibita or victimless crime, whereas others lobby to their local legislature to rid prostitution forever. ... Many citizens feel that police efforts should be directed towards more serious crimes, such as drug trafficking, homicide, rape, etc. ... Another benefit of legal prostitution is the reduction of violent crimes. ... Crimes against prostitutes such as robbery, kidnapping, rape, battery, and/or homicide virtually cease altogether. ... This way our police departments and judicial systems would save time and money and spend mor...

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Prohibitionists had thought that it would decrease drunkenness in America and thereby decrease the crime rate. ... Serious crimes such as homicides, assault, and battery, increase nearly 13 percent, and other various crimes rose by 9 percent. ... One of the main contributing factors to the sudden increase of felonies was the introduction of organized crime. ... Crime became so organized because the criminal groups organized around a steady source of income, which was provided by the law against the victimless crime of consuming alcohol. ... That event is just one example of how prohibition...

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Furthermore, another argument against the view that prostitution is morally wrong can be that prostitution is a victimless crime. ... Therefore, another argument that can be offered in support of prostitution is that it is a victimless crime. ...

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In rural cases or non-metropolitan crime is surprisingly not that much less than urban crime. ... Urban and metropolitan areas deal with offenses like street crime and gang violence. ... The crimes committed also differ somewhat between the different areas. ... Other crimes can consist of traffic offenses that are only misdemeanors. ... Relationships of the offenders and the victims that entered the adult probation programs were in most cases victimless offenses. ...

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