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	Victimless crime - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A victimless crime is behavior which is forbidden by law, but which does not directly harm nor violate the rights of any specific person, though it may harm society as a whole according to the government.
		Many advocates for the removal of victimless crime laws believe in the inherent freedom of individuals, and do not believe the government should be allowed to regulate actions of people unless those actions impede on the rights of others.
		Sexually-related crimes frequently appear to belong to this kind of legislation and in fact they are in some cases prosecuted only if from the fact a public scandal is effectively originated; in these cases the avoidance of scandals might then be the goal of the law.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Victimless_crime (2087 words)

	Attitudes towards Victimless Crimes
		Most of these victimless crimes differ wildly among cultures, examples might be the consumption of hashish and alcohol in the western society compared to the Islamic society, or prostitution now and by the times of the ancient in greek.
		These victimless crimes must therefore be a product of culture, and not a measure to insure health or protection of the subject from itself.
		When deciding what is victimless crime or not, it must be clear that such "secondary" crimes are a result of the outlawing of such actions and are not to be confused with the actual consequences.
	seegras.discordia.ch /Essays/VictimlessCrime.phtml (1862 words)

	Edwin M
		Schur’s theories include the decriminalization of “victimless crimes”(1974:6), an increased emphasis on crime prevention utilizing treatment of offenders versus increased enforcement (1969:11), and the labeling of women as deviant (1983).
		This is based upon Schur’s theory that victimless crimes are over-legislated laws that accentuate societies values, even though they do not bring harm to anyone.
		Bedau challenges Schur’s theory of “victimless” crimes on the appropriateness of the term “victimless” crime itself.
	www.criminology.fsu.edu /crimtheory/schur.htm (2651 words)

	Victimless crime - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Template:Mergeto A victimless or consensual crime is behavior which is forbidden by law, yet which is argued does not hurt, harm nor violate the rights of anyone, except perhaps the consensual participants themselves.
		Advocates for reform of "victimless crime" statutes often argue that people ought to be allowed to do whatever they wish, except for those cases in which it can be proven that their act is likely to violate the rights of another person.
		Many advocates for the removal of victimless crime laws believe in the inherent freedom of individuals, and do not believe the government should be allowed to regulate the actions of people without their consent.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Victimless_crime (1188 words)

	c.k.victimlesscrimes.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A victimless crime is where there is no pain or injury from an action, such as gambling, prostitution, drug taking, or pornography.
		So to him a crime is a crime and as long as it is called a crime who the victim is or isn't has no bearing.
		According to Mary, a victimless crime is a way for people to enforce their morals and social norms on all of society.
	www-as.phy.ohiou.edu /~rouzie/fall151/club/c.k.victimlesscrimes.html (716 words)

	Frank Library
		Throughout the world a new crime is being featured on your favorite television and radio stations and in your daily newspapers-the victimless crime.
		It is difficult to accept this crime epidemic as "victimless" since consumers are paying to offset this "victimless crime." It is up to every major manufacturer to install programs and policies that protect and ensure the safe and secure movement of their product.
		Reducing the rapid growth of victimless crime is the responsibility of each company, their executives and security manager.
	www.iapsc.org /directory/publications/frank2.html (1818 words)

	Victimless Crimes
		Victimless or consensual crimes have unique characteristics that make them an indirect threat to the privacy of innocent people.
		But victimless crime laws do threaten the privacy of innocents because of the monitoring and investigation they require for enforcement.
		The existence of victimless crimes tends to erode Fourth Amendment protections that are there to protect the privacy of innocents.
	www.privacilla.org /government/victimlesscrimes.html (161 words)

	White Collar Crime is not Victimless
		Because serious public health and safety concerns relate to environmental crime, the FBI will enhance its working relationships with federal, state, and local investigative and regulatory agencies to address this crime problem.
		Financial institution fraud continues to be a significant white collar crime problem throughout the country.
		The GAO estimates that as much as 10 percent of appropriated funds for domestic programs may be lost to fraud in the government procurement and contracting process, and this type of crime is critically linked to public corruption imperatives.
	www.theconservativevoice.com /articles/article.html?id=8011 (795 words)

	Cannibalism case shows folly of 'victimless crime'
		I'm not certain that this is an forthright representation of "victimless crimes." Murder, killing, euthanasia none of these can be considered a victimless crime under any circumstances since the compelling interest (and right of prosecutorial refusal) rests soley with the state (and must since the only other party --victimized or not-- is dead.
		Victimless crimes applies where there is NO person or party who has a compelling interest other than the state yet all parties to the incident are extant..
		Murder, killing, euthanasia none of these can be considered a victimless crime under any circumstances since the compelling interest (and right of prosecutorial refusal) rests soley with the state (and must since the only other party --victimized or not-- is dead.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/fr/1042333/posts (1699 words)

	Not PC: Drug use is not a victimless crime
		So a 'victimless crime' is one in which no force has been initiated against anyone else.
		Ruth's problem is not with drug use per se, nor with her misunderstanding of victimless crimes: it is with the welfare state, which demands that you do pay for the lifestyle choices of others.
		But convictions for crimes in which there is no physical coercion is a victimless crime.
	pc.blogspot.com /2005/08/drug-use-is-not-victimless-crime.html (1833 words)

	portland imc - 2003.11.16 - VICTIMLESS CRIME LAWS' DO THEY PREVENT CRIME?
		Victimless Crime Laws (VCL's) have never worked in the past, do not work now and will not work in the future.
		All victimless-crime-laws are suppositive/presumptive, and are crimes without victims (as absurd as that may seem to a rational human being) and presume that "we the people" may or will use a substance, instrument, vehicle, etc in a manner that will harm ourselves or cause harm to another individual, object, animal, etc.
		Each new law is written to make crime go away, yet 1 more or 50 million more will fail as the preceding 20,000 have failed irrespective of HOW they are written or who writes the VICTIMLESS CRIME LAWS.
	portland.indymedia.org /en/2003/11/274957.shtml (1068 words)

	Victimless Crimes
		A Victimless Crime, also known as Consensual Crime, is any activity which does not physically harm a person or property, or to which was in fact consented,
		Prosecuting victimless crimes is driving our country into debt, destroying the Bill of Rights, destroying families and leaving more of our population in prison than any other country.
		Often the hysteria of victimless crimes traps innocent people and destroys their lives.
	www.halexandria.org /dward267.htm (1188 words)

	Make Americans safer by repealing victimless crime laws (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		No, the real crime is that so many of those murderers, rapists, and robbers get away with their crimes.
		Overall, for the crimes against persons and property the FBI tracks in its Uniform Crime Report -- ranging from murder to simple property crimes -- the annual clearance rate is an astonishingly low 19.6%.
		And third, they drain valuable law enforcement resources away from real crimes -- and make it possible for 37.6% of American murderers to still walk the streets; for 65.6% of rapists to be free to rape again; and for 75.1% of robbers to lurk in dark alleys and plan their next crime.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/953066/posts (5682 words)

	Graffiti — A Victimless Crime - August 6, 2004
		This blatant defacing of public and private property is on the rise and should be of major concern to all community minded individuals.
		While law enforcement agencies tend to label Graffiti as a victimless crime or public mischief I would suggest that it is but the beginning of or an indication of a much more serious societal problem that is but an indicator of far more serious criminal activities.
		All research points to the fact that the appearance of graffiti in a community is the indication of the breakdown of the “conduit of care”.
	westdalevillage.ca /articles/david_040806.htm (449 words)

	Crime -- The Christmas Conspiracy! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Mankind can never be happy in a world torn by crime, where it is unsafe to walk the streets at night.
		Crime is best fought by parents, neighbors, voluntary associations of people, such as churches, synagogues, non-profit organizations, etc., and schools which reflect the moral values of parents, not the government.
		The crime problem is at root a religious problem.
	members.aol.com /wundrer/issues/crime.htm (584 words)

	Research Magazine :: Fall 1998 : Insurance Fraud: A Victimless Crime?
		"It's the second leading economic crime, right behind tax evasion," said the UGA professor of risk management and insurance.
		Crime does pay, or at least it did a decade ago when Hoyt began studying fraud's causes and cures.
		Back then, the possibility of being caught was slim, and the penalty was almost nil.
	www.ovpr.uga.edu /researchnews/fall98/insurance.html (463 words)

	TiVo Community Forums Archives - Is prostitution a "victimless" crime? Is it a crime? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The concept of prostitution, as demonstrated and regulated in the Netherlands, is certainly victimless and not a crime.
		The crimes of abuse, enslavement, and in some cases kidnapping, are crimes in and of themselves.
		There is a difference in my mind between people who commit crimes against others because they have an inherent lack of respect for others, and don't have any moral issues with harming another, and those who are criminals simply because the victim-less activity they are involved in is illegal.
	archive.tivocommunity.com /tivo-vb/history/topic/63113-1.html (9306 words)

	Victimless Crime - possible? - Neverside.com
		The person comitting suicide is the victim, although I don't see this as a crime.
		What I meant to say was that something like underage drinking can be a victimless crime.
		As well as speeding, jaywalking, etc. They are considered a crime because there is an elevated risk for victimization.
	forums.neverside.com /view/post644356 (268 words)

	Boing Boing: Some have attempted to paint tooth-brushing as a victimless crime...
		Some have attempted to paint conjugal sexual intimacy as a victimless crime, arguing that "if you and I have intimate relations, we both derive pleasure and a sense of togetherness, and we are both better off." This is hardly the case.
		Some have attempted to paint ham radio as a victimless crime, arguing that "if you operate an amateur radio station, you and I can communicate across long distances, and we are both better off." This is hardly the case.
		Some have attempted to paint tooth-brushing as a victimless crime, arguing that "if you brush your teeth regularly, you improve your dental hygiene, and we are all better off." This is hardly the case.
	www.boingboing.net /2005/01/29/some_have_attempted_.html (485 words)

	Blackmail as a Victimless Crime: Reply to Altman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In the view of those who would prohibit such behavior a quid pro quo is illegitimate; e.g., it is improper to hire an employee on the condition that she go to bed with you.
		Notice, we do follow this pattern with regard to any other crime; arson, murder, rape and theft are all illegal for one reason and one reason alone: they all violate people's rights in their properties and/or in their persons.
		Surely he will agree with us that fl male teenagers commit crimes (real crimes, that is) at rates far in excess of their proportional representation in the population.
	econwpa.wustl.edu /eps/le/papers/9805/9805002.html (9413 words)

	PRIMARY FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT PETITION FORM (43).html
		A Sydney man claims that the 13th Amendment of the American Constitution = could overturn all drug-related and victimless crime convictions in the = USA and bring to a halt the destructive American financed 'World War on = Drugs'.
		Already over 2 million Americans are in jail and = as many as 1.5 million of them, or almost three quarters, are = incarcerated for drug related crimes, crimes that would not exist in a = really free society.
		Too many crimes equals too many laws, not too many = criminals." He himself is not interested in drugs; "I don't even drink caffeinated = drinks or eat chocolate".
	www.xtdnet.nl /paul/spam/2001/1073.html (2029 words)

	VICTIMLESS CRIMES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The author questions why some action may be considered a crime in one country and not in another.
		He is a doctor from the University of Nevada and an expert in the area of victimless crime.
		There are a number of victimless crime laws they repeal.
	www.grhouse.org /links/victimless_crimes.htm (349 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Philosopher Julian Baggini on 'victimless' crime
		Put simply, most of us don't have the stomach for the prolonged and repeated deceptions that a life of crime requires, nor are we willing to risk getting caught and punished.
		As Mr Crosdale said: "It is a victimless crime and the bank gets its money back from insurance anyway." This is probably how most people view taking money (or pilfering goods) from large corporations: it harms no one and benefits the thief.
		It is not quite true that such crimes are victimless.
	www.guardian.co.uk /crime/article/0,2763,876370,00.html (1019 words)

	Blackmail as a Victimless Crime: Reply to Altman
		The legal theory of flmail is the veritable puzzle surrounded by a mystery wrapped in an enigma.
		Blackmail consists of two things, each indisputably legal on their own; yet, when combined in a single act, the result is considered a crime.
		In a word, flmail is a victimless crime, and must be legalized, if justice is to be attained.
	ideas.uqam.ca /ideas/data/Papers/wpawuwple9805002.html (519 words)

	"Gun Control Is Bigotry" by Howard Nemerov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		All are examples of hysterical people wanting to punish the gun owner who has committed no crime and demonstrated no ill intent towards others.
		I thought liberals wanted the ''little guy'' to be able to defend himself against those who would use their superior power, be it economic or physical, to prey upon him.
		Gun controllers criminalize gun owners by passing victimless crime laws, such as ''assault weapons'' laws that make certain guns illegal, even though the owner has no intention of ever using them in crime.
	www.chronwatch.com /content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=5629 (1495 words)

	Grade inflation is not a victimless crime \| csmonitor.com
		Grade inflation is not a victimless crime
		A misguided sense of student consumer power also plays a role in inflating grades: Faculty fear that students will retaliate for low grades on their course evaluations.
		The insidious aspect of grade inflation is the perception among faculty and others that this is a victimless crime.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/0503/p09s01-coop.htm (793 words)

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