What's the difference between crime and decriminalize?

Crime


Definition:

  • (n.) Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.
  • (n.) Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong.
  • (n.) Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity.
  • (n.) That which occasion crime.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They had allegedly agreed that Younous would not be charged with any crime upon his arrival there and that he would not be detained in Morocco for longer than 72 hours.
  • (2) There are widespread examples across the US of the police routinely neglecting crimes of sexual violence and refusing to believe victims.
  • (3) Even if it were not the case that police use a variety of tricks to keep recorded crime figures low, this data would still represent an almost meaningless measure of the extent of crime in society, for the simple reason that a huge proportion of crimes (of almost all sorts) have always gone unreported.
  • (4) Recent research conducted by independent investigators concerning the relationship between crime and narcotic (primarily heroin) addiction has revealed a remarkable degree of consistency of findings across studies.
  • (5) The District became a byword for crime and drug abuse, while its “mayor for life” lived high on the hog and lurched cheerfully from one scandal to the next.
  • (6) Certainly not ones with young children accused of non-violent crimes.
  • (7) For me, it would be to protect the young and vulnerable, to reduce crime, to improve health, to promote security and development, to provide good value for money and to protect.
  • (8) Hebrew for voice of justice, Kol Tzedek was described in publicity at the time as "an outreach program aimed at helping sex-crime victims in Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish Communities report abuse".
  • (9) "It is difficult to imagine the torment experienced by the vulnerable victims of crimes such as these.
  • (10) In response, detainees – the vast majority of them failed asylum seekers who have committed no crime – waved and shared messages of solidarity.
  • (11) Anyone who has committed war crimes should be brought into the courts," the BBC reported him as saying.
  • (12) Russia's most widely watched television station, state-controlled Channel One, followed a bulletin about his death with a summary of the crimes he is accused of committing, including the siphoning of millions of dollars from national airline Aeroflot.
  • (13) The report also recommends including justice and victim of violence targets in the national Closing the Gap strategy, recognising foetal alcohol spectrum disorders as a disability before the courts, and making a national commitment to a justice reinvestment approach to find community-based solutions to youth crime.
  • (14) When rates were covaried for prior violent crime arrests, White House Case subjects with prior arrests had a significantly higher rate of total posthospitalization violent crime arrests than the matched control sample.
  • (15) However, when public disquiet at the crime and social damage caused by alcohol prohibition led to its repeal, Anslinger saw his position as being in danger.
  • (16) But Turkey prefers to deal with the present rather than admit to past crimes.
  • (17) Mark Rasch, a cyber crime expert quoted by the FT, meanwhile said recent events have been “a serious and devastating attack to [Sony’s] reputation and image”, and his opinion is played out by a new YouGov poll into the public perception of Sony’s brand.
  • (18) Religious efforts to address the issue have also been complicit in absolving men of their crimes, objectifying women and doing more harm than good with campaigns that blame women for the phenomenon.
  • (19) Methamphetamine abuse is increasing and methamphetamine is second only to alcohol as a positive finding in cases submitted to the San Diego Sheriff's Crime Laboratory.
  • (20) If Navalny is guilty of breaching Russian law, there are law enforcement agencies that can and should prevent crime,” he says.

Decriminalize


Definition:

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They call the arrests racially disproportionate and too prevalent in a city where possessing small amounts of pot was partly decriminalized almost 40 years ago.
  • (2) Thirty-four U.S. jurisdictions have fully implemented the major provisions of the Uniform Alcoholism and Intoxication Treatment Act, calling for the decriminalization of public drunkenness.
  • (3) Illegal drug programs, decriminalization and research on cultural obstacles were within the broad range of issues addressed under services and care.
  • (4) Decriminalization of the use and the possession of the drug could help law enforcement officers, the courts, and the user.
  • (5) These studies also reveal the advantages offered by a system of decriminalized or legalized prostitution.
  • (6) Findings suggest that as a consequence of decriminalization, the psychological adjustment of homosexual men will increase and sexually transmitted diseases and public solicitation will decrease.
  • (7) Alongside the immediate arrest of Darren Wilson, we must demand the demilitarization of law enforcement as well as the decriminalization of the black body.
  • (8) The global online campaigning organisation Avaaz presented a petition to the Paraguayan congress with half a million signatures calling for the decriminalization of abortion for women under 15 years of age.
  • (9) This progressive feminist method aims to decriminalize prostituted women without legitimizing the men who buy them.
  • (10) The contemporary debate over decriminalization mimics in almost every respect a debate that took place in the 1960s and early 1970s.
  • (11) However, a more scientifically adequate information base, as well as political courage, is required before those seeking decriminalization are likely to succeed.
  • (12) Updated at 5.04pm GMT 4.55pm GMT The parliament voted 310-54 to decriminalize the count under which Yulia Tymoshenko was imprisoned, the Associated Press reports, “meaning that she is no longer guilty of a criminal offense”: “Free Yulia!
  • (13) Additionally, decriminalization reportedly eased somewhat the problems of the homosexual community and allowed the police to devote more time to the investigation of what generally are regarded as more serious criminal offenses.
  • (14) On the other hand, the so-called "decriminalization" measures did result in substantial savings in the criminal justice system.
  • (15) Despite the dire predictions of many, the responses indicate that, among other things, decriminalization has had no effect on the involvement of homosexuals with minors, the use of force by homosexuals, or the amount of private homosexual behavior.
  • (16) A majority of Americans now live in states where marijuana has either been legalized or significantly decriminalized in recent years.
  • (17) The article discusses the Dutch criminal code of 1886, the criminalization of homosexual contacts involving minors in 1911, the criminalization of male homosexuality from 1941 to 1945, and the progressive relaxation of the law since World War II, resulting in the decriminalization in 1971 of homosexual contacts involving minors and the draft in 1981 for a bill that would prohibit discrimination against homosexuals.
  • (18) Illinois is among of a growing list of states experimenting with decriminalizing marijuana.
  • (19) Holder deserves credit for his self-critique of government racism and for pushing reforms, notably in trying to restore felons’ voting rights , to work with Congress on voter ID sanity , to oppose data-driven sentencing , to reduce sentences for low-level drug offenders , to decriminalize HIV exposure , to ease up on legal pot (maybe), and to direct his Department of Justice to investigate the Ferguson police shooting – an example his civil rights department will pick up in the Walmart shooting and, perhaps, beyond.
  • (20) As NORML's Erik Altieri told me this week, the only way local growers and sellers who act in full compliance with their state's laws can be confident they won't face federal charges is if Congress passes HR 499, which would decriminalize marijuana at a federal level.

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