Concepts naming a category of crime defined by the nature of the offense itself rather than by how it is investigated, punished or studied: crime organized around ongoing criminal enterprise, crime motivated by bias against a victim's identity, crime committed within the structure of a legitimate business, and crime carried out through computer networks. Belongs here: any concept whose defining content is what kind of act the crime is. Does not belong here: concepts about how a crime is investigated, grouped under Investigation and Evidence Concepts, or how an offender is punished, grouped under Purposes and Philosophies of Punishment.
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