Category: Criminology
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Pattern of Criminal Activity (Signature Crimes)
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Criminology > Series of Acts as Crime > Pattern of Criminal Activity (Signature Crimes) List of Sub-Topics In criminal law, a “series of acts” refers to a sequence of criminal actions or events that are connected, either in time or in their nature, which together may constitute a…
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Aggravated or Enhanced Series of Acts
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Criminology > Series of Acts as Crime > Aggravated or Enhanced Series of Acts List of Sub-Topics In criminal law, a “series of acts” refers to a sequence of criminal actions or events that are connected, either in time or in their nature, which together may constitute a…
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Related or Connected Acts
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Criminology > Series of Acts as Crime > Related or Connected Acts List of Sub-Topics In criminal law, a “series of acts” refers to a sequence of criminal actions or events that are connected, either in time or in their nature, which together may constitute a crime or…
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Serial Offences
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Criminology > Series of Acts as Crime > Serial Offences List of Sub-Topics In criminal law, a “series of acts” refers to a sequence of criminal actions or events that are connected, either in time or in their nature, which together may constitute a crime or a group…
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Joint or Collective Criminal Acts
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Criminology > Series of Acts as Crime > Joint or Collective Criminal Acts List of Sub-Topics In criminal law, a “series of acts” refers to a sequence of criminal actions or events that are connected, either in time or in their nature, which together may constitute a crime…
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Cumulative or Aggregate Offenses
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Criminology > Series of Acts as Crime > Cumulative or Aggregate Offences List of Sub-Topics In criminal law, a “series of acts” refers to a sequence of criminal actions or events that are connected, either in time or in their nature, which together may constitute a crime or…
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Continuing Offences
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Criminology > Series of Acts as Crime > Continuing Offences List of Sub-Topics In criminal law, a “series of acts” refers to a sequence of criminal actions or events that are connected, either in time or in their nature, which together may constitute a crime or a group…
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Sequential or Consecutive Criminal Acts
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Criminology > Series of Acts as Crime > Sequential or Consecutive Acts List of Sub-Topics In criminal law, a “series of acts” refers to a sequence of criminal actions or events that are connected, either in time or in their nature, which together may constitute a crime or…
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Cybercrime and its Kind
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Criminology > Cybercrime and its Kind A cybercrime or a cyber-tort is the latest and perhaps the most complicated problem in the cyber world. A generalized definition of a cyber-tort is “unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool or target or both” Thus cyber tort is…
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Victimology and Victimization
Law and You > Criminal Laws > Criminology > Victimology and Victimization Benjamin Mendelsohn who coined the term in 1947. Victimology is the scientific study of the extent, nature, and causes of criminal victimization, its consequences for the persons involved and the reactions hereto by society, in particular the police and the criminal justice system…