violent crimes
Assaults and murders
Violent crimes are offenses involving force or threat of force against persons—murder, assault, robbery, rape.
The category distinguishes these from property crimes or white-collar offenses.
Legal systems treat violent crimes more seriously, with harsher sentences: The neighborhood saw a spike in violent crimes last year.
Statistics often track violent crime rates as indicators of public safety.
- armed robberyTheft with weapon threat
- bombingAttack with explosives
- batteryPortable electricity storage
- assaultViolent offensive act
- arsonCriminal deliberate burning
kidnapping · coercive control · spousal abuse · elder abuse · carjacking · home invasion · manslaughter · serial killer · drive-by shooting · honor killings · torture · homicide · lynching · child abuse · murder · first degree murder · stalking · victim
- crimesarson, burglary, robbery, kidnapping, vandalism
- tribal jurisdictiontribal courts, tribal law, tribal police, federal jurisdiction, state jurisdiction
violent crimesproperty crimes
Crimes against possessions
white-collar crimes · financial crimes · theft · fraud · embezzlement
violent crimespetty crimes
Minor legal violations
minor offenses · misdemeanors · infractions · petty theft · jaywalking
violent crimespeacekeeping
Preventing or ending conflict
crime prevention · public safety · law enforcement · protection · rescue