Violent crimes involve the use of threats and aggressive force on the victim. Such crimes entail violence as the main idea such as in murder and where it is the goal such as in robbery. When using weapons, such crimes are termed as violent, where in most cases except rape, male are the most venerable victims of violent crimes. Classification of violent crimes in criminology is not a well agreed concept as different legal terms and constitutions are used to define various crimes differently. In United States, there are over 53 jurisdictions into violent crimes and murder (Carey, 2001).
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