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Misdemeanor And Felony

Misdemeanor and Felony

Does crime take on various levels of discipline in your country or is it all seen as the same? In other words, is your breaking a red light and stealing a television considered the same? Are you considered and labelled a criminal? What would you have to do in order to have a criminal 'record' that would show up on a report of character from the police?

Felony Misdemeanor

The crimes in the United States are balanced different ways. For drugs it is usually by weight and control - heroin is contol 1 while cocaine is control 2 due to its use in medicine. For crimes against people it is usually weighed by seriousness and intent. And for crimes like theft it is usually weighed by $$$, except of course for white collar crimes.

Misdemeanor And Felony History & Civil Business Politics

It is similar in Trinidad, but we do not have a specific separation of misdemeanor and felony. You can be arrested and put in jail if you do not pay a parking ticket at the appointed time just as you can if you were caught stealing. Of course the police here has its' 'moods' and it all depends on which they choose to act on first.

Felony Misdemeanor

In the United states, there are different rates of crime, usually depending on wether the crime was violent in nature. Kidnaping, large scale theft, murder, drug dealing and rape rate among the crimes classified as felonys. A misdemeanor is a crime punishable by a fine and by a term of imprisonment not to be served in a penitentiary and not to exceed one year.
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Felony Misdemeanor

Over here the word "offence" is often used for traffic violations, though criminals are often referred to as offenders so it's all a bit confusing

All laws are eventually backed up with imprisonment (even the smallest ones) so you could theoretically be punished more for a "small" offence than a big offence.

Of course, according to Common-law, those actions which do not violate anyone's rights (and thus have a victim) and have no "vicious intent" behind them are really not crimes at all, though governments may call them so. I think the line between a crime and simple irresponsibility, neglect and even accidents has become very blurred indeed. So now so-called "crimes" stretch along a far greater spectrum than they once did and more people become criminals that would not have been so judged in the past...

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Misdemeanor And Felony

Although I may be mistaken, I believe in the US, the lowest crime is termed a "violation". This includes "moving violations" (speeding, running a red light), but I'm not sure of anything else. Violations even have their degrees of seriousness - running a red light or making an illegal turn usually carries just a warning or a fine, and speeding is generally just a fine. Habitual traffic offenders often face revocation of their license, while driving under the influence (alcohol or drugs) usually carries jail time. The seriousness of a violation is always increased whenever property damage is involved - running a red light resulting in a collision is worse than if no one was hurt.
The exceptions to this are "reckless driving with intent to cause damage" and "manslaughter with a moving vehicle".
The worst crime is manslaughter, although in a Court Marshal (military laws), manslaughter and rape carry the same capital punishment. Manslaughter is also varied by degree - brutality, premeditation, and other things.
In the US, "offender" is a general term, and usually has a qualifier such as "violent offender" or "non-violent offender", "criminal offender", "sexual offender", and many others.