Chat with AIExam 2: Defining Crime
Briefly discuss the complexities of legal definitions of crime.
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VerifiedReponses might include:
-A legal definition of crime: acts or omissions that cause public harm are forbidden by law, and are punishable by law
-Not all state-imposed punishments relate to crime; some impose civil or regulatory penalties
-They tell us when acts become criminal but not why
What are crimes against humanity? Provide two examples of these types of crimes explaining why the fit within this category of crime.
(29) VerifiedAnswers could include:
-Crimes against humanity are also known as crimes against peace and war crimes
-Defined in the text as 'violations of the laws or customs of war.Such violations shall include, but not limited to … murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, towns, or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity.'
-Examples of crimes against humanity include: the Holocaust; genocide in Yugoslavia, Kosovo and Sierra Leone; and the firebombing of Dresden
-These examples were committed on large scale, killing huge numbers and destroying vast amounts of residential property and factories.
Outline what could cause a change in which behaviours should be criminalised, giving examples for each of the main trends.
(40) VerifiedThe answer should include one or more of the following:
-social change
-technological change
-evolving morality
-campaigning
Examples of each of these will vary.
Which of the following is the correct hierarchical order of offences (in order from top to bottom)?
(31) Definitions of crime have common elements.Which of the following is not an element of crime definitions? Acts or omissions that:
(25) Define regulatory offences and provide an example to support the definition.
(36) Discuss the relationship between harm and enforcement, in relation to information about the estimated harms post 9/11 (2002-03 to 2012-13) in Australia.
(31) Having read the section of Chapter, what is crime? Discuss how your perceptions of crime have or have not changed.
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