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Victims of Crime introduction Criminal science is a study that helps in understanding various aspects of crime and is impact over victimsCountries have developed certain laws and policies which are to be followed by all people who are residing in that region. Victim is a term that is used for referring a person that has been subjected to certain activity which is criminal or accidental.For instance, a car is run over by a truck. Cases like drug addiction or prostitution are considered as the victimless crimes by some philosophers while others

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INTRODUCTIONCriminal science is a study that helps in understanding various aspects of crime and isimpact over victims.. Countries have developed certain laws and policies which are to befollowed by all people who are residing in that region. Public interests and constitutional lawsmust not be violated or breached by any activity of an individual or group. The existence ofcrimes with no victims and their dimensional aspects has been depicted is presented in this essay.6. DO VICTIMLESS CRIMES EXISTS?Victim is a term that is used for referring a person that has been subjected to certainactivity which is criminal or accidental. For instance, a car is run over by a truck. Two peoplewere riding in the car and truck was carrying only the driver. Both passengers of car were deadbut truck driver was severely injured. Through this example, it is easy to understand that all threepeople involved in the incident were victims. It is the responsibility of legal authorities to findout whether the situation was a criminal offence or an accident (Emmanouil, 2015). It isimportant to understand the procedures and facts which society considers before concludingwhether an incident is legal or not. Classification of situations and actions as a criminal offenceis based on interpretation of information gathered with reference to different subjective norms.These can be cultural, historical, political or judicial norms. It helps in understanding criticaldepth of offence and its relativity with the victims. The type of behaviour which is considered ascriminal totally depends on the actions which are initiated by one individual (Button, Lewis andTapley, 2014). Victimless crimes are a situation where no victims exist apparently. The possibility of acrime or criminal activity where no victims are present is less. Cases like drug addiction orprostitution are considered as the victimless crimes by some philosophers while others areconsidered as the act of victimisation. Generally, when a person provides his/her consent inperforming a criminal offence, then no victims are produced in this event (Hughes, 2014).Equality Act of 2010 depicts that victimisation is an unjust activity. The discrimination ofindividuals on various bases is a form of victimisation. Often prostitution, gaming and sodomygive rise to controversies that depict two sided response i.e. either these are victimless crimes orthey are an act of victimisation.2
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Harm, injury or any sort of abuse which is caused to the individuals by any act makesthem the victims of crime. It is injustice to infer that no such crimes exist where individuals arenot victimised (Bergelson, 2013). Violation of human rights of one individual due to activities ofothers is a form of victimisation. Most of the nation considers use of recreational drugs andmedicines as a victimless crime. Since, individuals opting for recreational drugs have given theirconsent, then criminal law doesn't hold them victim but accuses the person himself to be guiltyof the situation. This makes this exercise as a victimless crime. There are various types of crimeswhich exist in the societies. These include crime against persons, property, and morality or hatecrimes, white collar crimes, etc. Different levels are experienced in each category of crime. Forinstance: white collar crimes are generally committed by people belonging to the high classsociety (Youngs and Canter, 2014). The general motive behind this unfair act is to earn or gathermore monetary benefits. These cannot be classified as the victimless crime until informationregarding no victimisation is acquired.Every victimless crime has different perspectives. The rulers of justice consider drugaddiction as a victimless criminal activity while individual philosophers and voluntary activistsdepict that there are people who are victimised by such acts. Children or relatives of the personwho are involved in drugs are affected badly. There can be situations when harsh incidents maytake place in which other people may get distressed (Wyatt, 2016). For example: when a persontakes drugs and then drives the car then the probability of road accident increase. The person canhit anyone walking on the street and as a result, the highly debated victimless crime will now beclassified as a criminal offence. Socialists consider that no such thing like victimless crimesexists. There is always victims which are sometimes not identified after occurrence of an event. Practical significance of victimless crimes was considered in the earlier time whenjudicial practitioners considered this as a tool to reduce penalty or impact of sentence (Clinard,Quinney and Wildeman, 2014). Distribution, selling and formulation of drugs, illegal gambling,and prostitution as well as pornography are highly classified the victimless crime. Human rightsof individuals engaged in these activities are not violated because of their consent and agreementin being a part of this crime. Another contradictory criminal offence which is considered asvictimless is the white collar crime. Individuals who do not pay taxes or are violating laws ofethical governance but their activities are not having any impact over other individuals3
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