Refers to activity that violates a society's or international body's established legal codes. Such activity typically violates the community's social mores, and is undertaken in both opportunistic and organized fashions. Crime is typically subdivided into property crime (robbery, theft, fencing, ...
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Until 1600, was it legal to counterfeit money?
Forging money or currency is more often called counterfeiting and, as is well known, the counterfeiting of money is usually attacked aggressively by today's governments.
But, generally speaking, was ...
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Did the The Fiend/Monster with 21 Faces produce mass hysteria in Japan?
According to the Wikipedia entry of the Monster with 21 Faces (also named as "Fiend" in some sources), it started just after the very publicized Glico Morinaga case and it
... captured the ...
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Military brothels in WW2
Did any of the other belligerents of WW2 besides Japan and Germany provide their troops with authorised military brothels?
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In medieval India, was there a distinction between the army and the police?
In medieval India, who was responsible for maintaining law and order? Was it the army or was there a separate arm of the state that was responsible for law and order, something akin to a modern police ...
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Were there more robberies of “commercial” or “personal” nature in 19th century in USA?
Is there any statistics showing which trips on highways were statistically safer from being robbed in 19th century USA?
the "commercial" ones (e.g. banks or government moving money) which offered ...
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What is the history of gun culture of USA? [closed]
USA is the top crime-prone country in the world. But still it failed to put any control on gun-sales. For example, even military grade rifles are available in gun stores for civilian use. That is ...
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When did Americans become safe from highway robbery?
The other day a friend and I were reconciling our memories of "shotgun" rules, the customs by which American teenagers determine who sits in the front passenger seat of a car. The concept derives from ...
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United States Incarceration Rate
How many people were sentenced to prison in 2011 in the United States? This statistic is hard to come by online. The only measured incarceration rate I've come across is the amount of people ...
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Was there ever any organization of thieves or pickpockets?
I don't know all that much about history, but I am writing a book about a clan of thieves. Can anyone suggest any historical examples of an established group specifically dedicated to organized ...
