Types of Crime

1.      Crimes Against Persons

Crimes against people are known as personal crimes, including murder, assault, rape, and robbery. Personal crime is unequal in the United States, with young, urban, poor, and minority populations being both more affected by these crimes and arrested for white, middle and upper-class people.

2.      Crimes Against Property

Property crime involves theft of property without bodily harm, such as theft, auto theft, and fire. As with personal crimes, young people, urban, poor, and racial minorities are arrested for these crimes more than anyone else. it is also a crime that is causing concern to society.

3.      Crimes Against Morality

Moral crimes are called unlawful crimes because there are no complainants or victims. Prostitution, illegal gambling, and illegal drug use are all examples of unlawful crime.

4.      White-Collar Crime

White collar crime is a crime committed by people of high social status who commit their crimes in the context of their work. This includes embezzlement such as stealing money from one's employer, insider trading, tax evasion, and other violations of income tax laws. It also generally raises less concern in the minds of the public than other types of crime, but, in terms of dollars, white-collar crime is even more damaging to society. For example, the Great Depression can be understood as part of the result of various white-collar crimes committed in the home mortgage industry. However, these crimes are generally least investigated and least prosecuted because they are protected by a combination of race, class, and gender privileges.

5.      Organized Crime

Organized crime is committed by a structured group that usually involves the distribution and sale of illegal goods and services. Many people think of the Mafia when they think of organized crime, but the term can refer to any group that exercises control over large illegal enterprises such as drug trafficking, illegal gambling, prostitution, smuggling.

The key sociological concept in organized crime or crime is that these industries are organized along the same lines of legitimate business and corporate form. There are senior partners who control profits, employees who manage and work for businesses, and customers who buy the goods and services provided by the organization.