It's A Criminal Matter: Understanding Criminal Categories
People are capable of perpetrating many types of crimes, but the law tends to categorize them into a few main sections. Below are listed four primary crime categories: statutory, inchoate, property, and personal.
Statutory Crimes
This category encompasses a wide variety of crimes that can be roughly divided into traffic offenses, driving under the influence (DUI) charges, financial crimes, and drug crimes. In general, this category contains statutes that are aimed at reducing the impact of certain crimes that tend to harm society as a whole.
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