Concept information
Preferred term
violent crime
Definition
- Violent crime is crime committed by an individual with the threat or use of force upon a victim. The category of violent crime in America includes the following offenses in order of descending severity: murder or nonnegligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Violent Crime]
Narrower concepts
- abduction (crime)
- air rage
- arson
- assault
- barroom violence
- bombings
- burglary
- child abuse
- domestic violence
- gender violence
- gun violence
- kidnapping
- mass violence
- murder
- poisoning (crime)
- police brutality
- politically motivated violent crimes
- product tampering
- rape
- rioting
- road rage
- robbery
- stranger violence
- suicide by cop
- vigilantism
- war atrocities
- workplace violence
Belongs to group
URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/violent_crime
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