The world's best-selling mystery writer, and often referred to as the “ Queen of Crime ”, Agatha Christie is considered a master of suspense, plotting, and characterisation.

; Assaulting a person designated under section 43 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005: This offence is created by section 51 ( 1 ) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

; Assaulting an accredited financial investigator: This section is created by section 453A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

; Assaulting a member of an international joint investigation team: This offence is created by section 57 ( 2 ) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

; Racially or religiously aggravated common assault: This offence is created by section 29 ( 1 )( c ) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

; Racially or religiously aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm: This offence is created by section 29 ( 1 )( b ) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.

The Gulf News published on 30 November 2011, saying " This is the biggest drug bust of its kind in 2011 and the second big one in the last three years worldwide ," said Dr. Wadia Maalouf, International expert at the United Nation's Drug and Crime office.

Crime in the social and legal framework is the set of facts or assumptions ( causes, consequences and objectives ) that are part of a case in which they were committed acts punishable under criminal law, and the application of which depends on the agent of a sentence or security measure criminal.

* Gaddis, M., There is No Crime for Those who Have Christ ( University of California Press, 2005 ).„

Spike Spiegel is a former member of the Red Dragon Crime Syndicate.

For instance, Martin L Friedland, in his book My Life in Crime and Other Academic Adventures, contends that the rule should be changed so that a retrial is granted only when the error is shown to be responsible for the verdict, not just one of many factors.

Guilt is a main theme in John Steinbeck's East of Eden, Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment, Tennessee Williams ' A Streetcar Named Desire, William Shakespeare's play Macbeth, Edgar Allan Poe's " The Tell-Tale Heart " and " The Black Cat ", and many other works of literature.

While a precise definition varies among genocide scholars, a legal definition is found in the 1948 United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide ( CPPCG ).

According to the National Center for Victims of Crime a large proportion of rape committed in the United States is perpetrated by a family member:

* Crime insurance is a form of casualty insurance that covers the policyholder against losses arising from the criminal acts of third parties.

This is not the case in England and Wales, where under the Criminal Procedure ( Insanity and Unfitness to Plead ) Act of 1991 ( amended by the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act, 2004 to remove the option of a guardianship order ), the court can mandate a hospital order, a restriction order ( where release from hospital requires the permission of the Home Secretary ), a " supervision and treatment " order, or an absolute discharge.

This is detailed in Joseph Borkin's book The Crime and Punishment of IG Farben:

The Piedmont valley is home to the famous University of Turin, the Polytechnic University of Turin, the University of Eastern Piedmont and, more recently the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute.

Crime is considered a major or very severe constraint on investment by 30 % of enterprises in South Africa, putting crime among the four most frequently mentioned constraints.

* In the series 4 episode " Partners in Crime ", the antagonist Miss Foster is shown using a sonic device identified by her as a sonic pen, which the Doctor describes as having identical functionality to his screwdriver.

The song is recorded on their debut album, Pousse Au Crime et Longueurs de Temps.

Crime in Islam is sin.

Crime is a breach of the law for which some governing authority ( via the legal systems ) can ultimately prescribe a conviction which will carry some form of penalty, such as imprisonment or a fine.

This was the first true underworld meeting and the biggest step in forming a National Crime Syndicate that would control criminal operations, dictate policy, enforce rules, and maintain authority in the national underworld.

With the increasing number of newly created offences being included in Schedule 1A and thus being made arrestable, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 abolished the category of arrestable offence, replacing the dual rules with a single set of criteria for all offences.

In any event, many countries are obligated by various international instruments and standards, such as the United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, the Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, and the recommendations of the FATF to enact and enforce money laundering laws in an effort to stop narcotics trafficking, international organised crime, and corruption.

The economist John Lott, in his book More Guns, Less Crime, states that laws which make it easier for law-abiding citizens to get a permit to carry a gun in public places, cause reductions in crime.

University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt argues in his paper, Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do not, that available data indicate that neither stricter gun control laws nor more liberal concealed carry laws have had any significant effect on the decline in crime in the 1990s.

More Guns, Less Crime is a book by John Lott that says violent crime rates go down when states pass " shall issue " concealed carry laws.

The appointment, commissioning and regulation of railroad police under Section 1704 of the U. S. Crime Control Act of 1990, provides that: " A railroad police officer who is certified or commissioned as a police officer under the laws of any one state shall, in accordance with the regulations issued by the U. S. Secretary of Transportation, be authorized to enforce the laws of any other state in which the rail carrier owns property.

Crime rates are not the only indicator relative to the reinforcement of these laws.

Each year, Human Rights First examines anti-bias and nondiscrimination laws in all 56 OSCE countries, documents hate crime violence in its annual Hate Crime Survey, and assesses government responses in a related Report Card.

The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005 ( c 2 ) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, intended to deal with the Law Lords ' ruling of 16 December 2004 that the detention without trial of eight foreigners ( known as the ' Belmarsh 8 ') at HM Prison Belmarsh under Part 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 was unlawful, being incompatible with European ( and, thus, domestic ) human rights laws.

The third edition of More Guns, Less Crime ( University of Chicago Press, 2010 ) by John Lott provides the only published, refereed academic study on these laws.

Patrick was interviewed extensively on ABC's 20 / 20 segment " The Age of Consent: When Young Love Is a Sex Crime ," defending his position favoring very tough Texas statutory rape laws.

The following definition of " crime " was provided by the Prevention of Crimes Act 1871, and applied for the purposes of section 10 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1908:

* Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research, an academic research centre focusing on crime and justice issues

* In 2008, The Library of America selected Runyon ’ s story “ The Eternal Blonde ” for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American Crime Writing.

Under the roof of the CJIS are the programs for the National Crime Information Center ( NCIC ), Uniform Crime Reporting ( UCR ), Fingerprint Identification, Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System ( IAFIS ), NCIC 2000, and the National Incident-Based Reporting System ( NIBRS ).

In 1968, Congress passed legislation as part of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, June 19, 1968, that specified a 10-year limit, a maximum of two 5-year terms, for future FBI Directors, as well as requiring Senate confirmation of appointees.

Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report for 2006 was released on June 4, 2006.

* Hate Crime Survey, annual Human Rights First report on the prevalence of hate crimes in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe region.

*" The Nexus of Drug Trafficking and Hawala in Afghanistan ", Dr. Edwina A. Thompson, for the World Bank and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime ( UNODC )

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime maintains the International Money Laundering Information Network, a website that provides information and software for anti-money laundering data collection and analysis.

" He notes also that the idea for the character was " apparently inspired by Dostoyevsky's dogged police inspector, Porfiry Petrovich, in the novel Crime and Punishment.

He wrote theme music for the show Undeclared on Fox television and for Crime and Punishment in Suburbia.

In 1985, the UN General Assembly adopted the Declaration on the Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power.

Also, the International Victimology Institute Tilburg and the World Society of Victimology developed a UN Convention for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power.

Old Views and Future Potentials National Council for Crime Prevention, Sweden.

His first film productions were for German television, and it was during his work on the popular German Tatort ( Crime Scene ) TV series that he first met and worked with the actor Jürgen Prochnow — who would later appear as the U-boat captain in Petersen's famous Das Boot.

'" Gromit enjoys eating " KornFlakes " and reading many books, including The Republic, by Pluto ( a nod to the Disney character of the same name and a pun on Plato ); Crime and Punishment, by Fido Dogstoyevsky ( a pun on Fyodor Dostoyevsky ); and a " how-to " guide entitled, Electronics for Dogs.

In 2008, The Library of America selected Ferber's article " Miss Ferber Views ' Vultures ' at Trial " for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American True Crime.

In June 1969, the National Institute of Mental Health ( NIMH ) Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency held a two-day XYY conference in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

In December 1969, with a grant from the NIMH Center for Studies of Crime and Delinquency, cytogeneticist Digamber Borgaonkar at Johns Hopkins Hospital began a chromosome survey of ( predominantly African-American ) boys ages 8 to 18 in all Maryland institutions for delinquent, neglected, or mentally ill juveniles, which was suspended from February – May 1970 due to an American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) lawsuit about the lack of informed consent.