Moral crime AC1.1
One of the crimes we have covered is moral crimes. This crime involves crimes which
go against the normal standard of society. An example of moral crimes is assisted
suicide, illegal drug use, prostitution, begging and vagrancy. Typical victims of this type
of crime are often seen as victimless. The offender and the victim are usually seen as
the same person. The typical offender is often in a difficult situation financially or
personally which can lead them to become an offender. There are often low levels of
public awareness as sometimes the public ignore the issues as they may feel some
sympathy towards the victim hence not reporting the crime. A woman has been banned
from entering a busy residential area in liverpool after being caught “loitering for
prostitution”. She was handed a criminal behaviour order, including a ban from certain
areas of the city. It is clear that this crime is being committed as a moral crime as acts
such as prostitution goes against the normal standard of society. This act is seen as
criminal as it breaks the English law however it is seen as deviant as it goes against the
cultural norms of society.
Moral crimes AC1.2
There are a number of reasons why moral crimes are under reported for example
PERSONAL: people may not be affected by this sort of crime. They don’t believe that
reporting this crime is any of their concern. PERSONAL: They may be protecting a
loved one for example a family member could be a prostitute and addicted to drugs so
they wouldn’t want the police to find out. SOCIAL: Furthermore, there may be a lack of
public concern as some crimes are not seen as criminal by the majority such as
begging. PERSONAL/SOCIAL: They could think that the police won’t help as they
could receive a xenophobic reaction or they may not take it seriously.
One of the crimes we have covered is moral crimes. This crime involves crimes which
go against the normal standard of society. An example of moral crimes is assisted
suicide, illegal drug use, prostitution, begging and vagrancy. Typical victims of this type
of crime are often seen as victimless. The offender and the victim are usually seen as
the same person. The typical offender is often in a difficult situation financially or
personally which can lead them to become an offender. There are often low levels of
public awareness as sometimes the public ignore the issues as they may feel some
sympathy towards the victim hence not reporting the crime. A woman has been banned
from entering a busy residential area in liverpool after being caught “loitering for
prostitution”. She was handed a criminal behaviour order, including a ban from certain
areas of the city. It is clear that this crime is being committed as a moral crime as acts
such as prostitution goes against the normal standard of society. This act is seen as
criminal as it breaks the English law however it is seen as deviant as it goes against the
cultural norms of society.
Moral crimes AC1.2
There are a number of reasons why moral crimes are under reported for example
PERSONAL: people may not be affected by this sort of crime. They don’t believe that
reporting this crime is any of their concern. PERSONAL: They may be protecting a
loved one for example a family member could be a prostitute and addicted to drugs so
they wouldn’t want the police to find out. SOCIAL: Furthermore, there may be a lack of
public concern as some crimes are not seen as criminal by the majority such as
begging. PERSONAL/SOCIAL: They could think that the police won’t help as they
could receive a xenophobic reaction or they may not take it seriously.
