CRIME AND CRIMINALITYIt is impossible to have a crimeless society. The problem of crime and criminals was present earlier also and is still there. Every person of the society owes some duties towards the society. Although most people believe in the concep
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It is impossible to have a crimeless society. The problem of crime and criminals was present earlier also and is still there. Every person of the society owes some duties towards the society. Although most people believe in the concept of ‘live and let live’, but there are a few people who associate themselves with anti-social elements in order to deviate themselves from normal behavior pattern. These conducts are mostly prohibited by law and are called wrongful acts or crimes. The wrongdoer is supposed to be punished by law for the crime he committed.
Crime is an action which can affect human behavior vigorously. Even if it is a criminal or a victim, the affect can be seen on both of them.
Crime actually is defined and understood by different societies in different ways. Generally speaking, crime is an anti-social, immoral and anti-social behavior. Crime has three main attributes:
- It is a harm brought about by some anti social act of a person, which the State desires to prevent.
- The preventive means taken by the State is in the form of a punishment.
- The legal proceedings for determining the guilt or otherwise of the accused, are governed by the rules of criminal law procedure contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure and the Law of Evidence.
Crime can be defined as an act that the subjects the doer to legal punishment. It may also be defined as the commission of an act specifically forbidden by law; it may be an offence against morality or social order.
There are certain features of a crime that make an unlawful act or omission punishable under law of the land.
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