What is crime?

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WHAT IS CRIME?
• V i o l e nt c r i m e s
• P ro p e r t y c r i m e s
• W h i te - co l l a r c r i m e s
• O rga n i ze d c r i m e
• E nv i ro n m e nta l c r i m e s

3.

CAUSES OF CRIME
• Poverty
• Lack of education
• Substance abuse
• Mental health
• Peer pressure and gang
involement

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CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
• The issue of mental health and
criminal responsibility
• The issue of age is also relevant to
criminal responsibility
• The issue of intoxication also raises
questions about criminal responsibility
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5.

GATHERING EVIDENCE
• Physical evidence is one of the most
common forms of evidence collected by
police
• Another common method of evidence
gathering is through eyewitness
testimony
• In addition to physical and eyewitness
evidence, police may also gather
circumstantial evidence
• Another important method of evidence
gathering is the use of surveillance
techology
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