Crime is illegal activity that is prohibited by the law. A crime is often called an ‘offence’. Some people wear shirts that say ‘it’s only illegal if you get caught’. This is untrue. Any activity prohibited by statute or the common law is illegal whether you are caught or not. This is like saying ‘it’s only illegal to hurt children if you get caught’. Most people would agree that hurting children is illegal whether or not the people who commit such crimes are caught.
The law, and the crimes it creates are most often a reflection of morality. Morality is made up of the principles we use to govern our relationships with one another. This is why actions such as stealing, assault, rape, and murder are crimes – each of these acts harms our ability to trust other people, and to feel safe in society.
Other questions around crime are less easy to answer. Why is smoking cannabis a crime and smoking cigarettes not a crime? Why is alcohol legal but not other drugs? These are very difficult questions to answer, and there are many different answers. Often it is a question of cost and benefit. Tobacco products are heavily taxed. The tax from the sale of cigarettes goes to the public health system. Tobacco users will have greater cause to rely on that system later in life. It is more of a benefit to tax cigarettes and use money gained from that for the benefit of all, than to attempt to prevent people smoking them, which would involve more cost, and less benefit in the way of crime prevention. It would also create another large illegal industry, alongside that of drug manufacture and supply.
On the whole, crime is something that has to do with the greater good of society. The law criminalises activities that will hurt our relationships with one another, and in society as a whole. There are different levels of crime though – not all crimes are of the same magnitude. A parking offence is very different to murder. The law reflects the difference between these in the way the legal system deals with each crime, and the penalty imposed. A parking offence will incur a small fine, murder will incur a term of imprisonment.
อาญาเป็นกฎหมายที่ถูกห้าม โดยกฎหมาย อาชญากรรมมักเรียกว่า 'ผิด' บางคนสวมเสื้อที่บอกว่า 'เป็นเท่านั้นถ้าคุณได้รับจับ' นี้เป็นจริง กิจกรรมใด ๆ ที่ต้องห้ามตามระเบียบหรือกฎหมายทั่วไปไม่ถูกไม่ว่าคุณจะติด หรือไม่ เช่นบอกว่า 'เป็นเพียงทำร้ายเด็กถ้าคุณได้ติด' ได้ คนส่วนใหญ่จะยอมรับว่า ทำร้ายเด็กไม่ถูกต้องหรือไม่จับผู้กระทำผิดดังกล่าวกฎหมาย และการก่ออาชญากรรมที่สร้างได้ส่วนใหญ่มักจะเป็นภาพสะท้อนของศีลธรรม จริยธรรมถูกสร้างขึ้นจากหลักการเราใช้ในการควบคุมความสัมพันธ์ของเรากับคนอื่น นี่คือเหตุผลที่กระทำ เช่นขโมย ทำร้าย ข่มขืน ฆาตกรรมอาชญากรรม – ทั้งนี้อันตรายต่อเราสามารถไว้วางใจผู้อื่น และรู้สึกปลอดภัยในสังคมOther questions around crime are less easy to answer. Why is smoking cannabis a crime and smoking cigarettes not a crime? Why is alcohol legal but not other drugs? These are very difficult questions to answer, and there are many different answers. Often it is a question of cost and benefit. Tobacco products are heavily taxed. The tax from the sale of cigarettes goes to the public health system. Tobacco users will have greater cause to rely on that system later in life. It is more of a benefit to tax cigarettes and use money gained from that for the benefit of all, than to attempt to prevent people smoking them, which would involve more cost, and less benefit in the way of crime prevention. It would also create another large illegal industry, alongside that of drug manufacture and supply.On the whole, crime is something that has to do with the greater good of society. The law criminalises activities that will hurt our relationships with one another, and in society as a whole. There are different levels of crime though – not all crimes are of the same magnitude. A parking offence is very different to murder. The law reflects the difference between these in the way the legal system deals with each crime, and the penalty imposed. A parking offence will incur a small fine, murder will incur a term of imprisonment.
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