Basic Information
Societies define crime as the breach of one or more rules or laws for which some governing authority or force may ultimately prescribe a punishment. The key consideration is that a law must exist and the offender must transgress it (not necessarily with intent, although intent - mens rea- is an important factor in some crimes). There is no requirement for any loss to have resulted, merely for the law to be broken is considered an offence against the state for which punishment is exacted1.
Written codes of laws go back at least as far as the ancient Sumerians.
See Also: Random Crime Generator
List of Crimes
By no means is this list exhaustive. People will try crazy things you've never thought of, and other folks will be sure to make it illegal when they do.
- Abuse
- Aggravated Assault
- Aggravated Battery
- Aggravated Felony
- Alchemy
- Alien Smuggling
- Arson
- Assassination
- Assault
- Assault and Battery
- Battery
- Blackmail
- Blasphemy
- Bootlegging
- Bribery
- Broadcast Signal Intrusion
- Burglary
- Car Theft
- Cattle Rustling
- Child Abuse
- Child Pornography
- Confidence Game
- Conspiracy
- Contract Killing
- Corruption of Public Officials
- Counterfeiting
- Crimes Against Humanity
- Cruelty To Animals
- Cybercrime
- Disorderly Conduct
- Disturbing The Peace
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Dealing
- Drug Possession
- Drug Trafficking
- DUI aka DWI
- Espionage
- Extortion
- Failure to Appear In Court
- False Imprisonment
- Felony
- Felo-de-se
- Forgery
- Fraud
- Gambling
- Genocide
- Grand Theft Auto
- Grave Robbing
- Gunsmuggling
- Harassment
- Heresy
- Homicide
- Horse Rustling
- Identity Theft
- Illicit Drug Use
- Indictable Offences
- Infraction
- Insider Trading
- Jaywalking
- Kidnapping
- Labor Racketeering
- Loan Sharking
- Maleficium
- Manslaughter
- Medical Malpractice
- Misdemeanor
- Money Laundering
- Murder
- Obstruction of Justice
- Paraphilia
- Passport Fraud
- Perjury
- Piracy
- Pornography
- Property Crimes
- Property Damage
- Prostitution
- Public Drunkeness
- Public Nudity
- Public Order Crimes
- Racketeering
- Rape
- Riot
- Robbery
- Rustling
- Serial Arson
- Serial Murder
- Serial Rape
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Harassment
- Simple Assault
- Slavery
- Statutory Rape
- Stock Manipulation Schemes
- Suicide
- Summary Offences
- Tampering with Witnesses
- Tax Fraud
- Terrorism
- Theft
- Trafficking in Vehicles with Altered Identification Numbers
- Transporting Persons Across State Lines For Purposes Of Forcing Them Into Prostitution
- Treason
- Trespass
- Vagrancy
- Vandalism
- Verbal Offence
- Victimless Crimes
- Violent Crimes
- War Crimes
See Also:
- Courtroom Procedure
- Crime and Punishment Tropes
- Crime Scene
- Criminal
- Historical and Cultural Perspectives on Zoophilia
- Investigator
- Law
- Organized Crime
- Police Procedure
- Punishment
- Stealing the Bomb
- Victim
Sources
List of crimes extrapolated from various wikipedia articles.
Game and Story Use
- You never know what the Villains and Organized Crime will be up to.
- See also our Random Crimes generator.
