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death-related crime  

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  • Death-related crime includes behavior that results in the death of others, including the crimes of murder and manslaughter; behavior that victimizes the dead, through desecration of the dead bodies; and behavior that uses the dead to victimize the living. This entry provides an overview of these crimes and also discusses crimes involving the dead that are motivated by a search for economic gain. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Death-Related Crime]

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