9.5 LOOKBACK: TROUBLE

a list of crimes

arson, bribery, counterfeiting, hacking, kidnapping, identity theft, mugging, shoplifting, stalking, vandalism

Accessory

A person is an accessory when they solicit, requests, commands, pursues or intentionally aids another person to engage in conduct that constitutes an offense.

Arson

Arson is when a person intentionally burns a structure, building, land or property.

Bribery

Bribery is the act of offering or receiving compensation for the purpose of influencing any person who is responsible for performing a public or legal duty.

Burglary

A burglary occurs when someone illegally enters almost any kind of structure for the purpose of committing an illegal action.

Child abuse

Child abuse is any act or failure to act that results in the harm, potential for harm or the threat of harm to a child.

Domestic violence

Domestic violence is when one member of a household inflicts bodily harm upon another member of the same household.

Drug Cultivation or Manufacturing

Illegally cultivating, producing or possessing plants, chemicals or equipment used for the purpose of producing drugs.

Embezzlement

Embezzlement is when a responsible party misappropriates the money or property that is entrusted to them.

Harassment

Unwanted behavior that is intended to annoy, disturb, alarm, torment, upset or terrorize an individual or group.

Murder

Usually classified as first-degree or second-degree, the crime of murder is the willful taking of another person's life.

Perjury

Perjury occurs when a person gives false information when under oath.

Rape

Rape occurs when someone forces sexual contact with another person without their consent.

Robbery

Robbery involves the act of stealing from another person by the use of physical force or by putting the victim in fear of death or injury.

Shoplifting

Stealing merchandise from a retail store or business.

Stalking

The crime of stalking occurs when a person, over time, follows, harasses or watches another person.

Tax evasion

Tax evasion involves taking deliberate actions to conceal or misrepresent a person's or business' income, profits or financial gains or to inflate or falsify tax deductions.

Theft

Theft is a general term that can describe various forms of larceny, including burglary, looting, shoplifting, embezzlement, fraud and criminal conversion.

Vandalism

The crime of vandalism occurs when a person intentionally damages property that does not belong to them.

Statutory rape

Statutory rape occurs with an adult has sex with a minor who is under the age of consent. The age of consent varies by state.

Kidnapping

The crime of kidnapping is committed when a person is illegally confined or moved from one place to another against their will

Mugging

an act of robbery with violence, esp in the street

two crimes that involve damage to property

arson; vandalism