"Victimless" Crimes

[stevekozak]

I think CF would say tax evasion is a vitimless crime. (Is CF over here?)

[janice6]

 

 

Like jaywalking.

 

 

I think Jay walking can cause a property loss and potentially injury to others since the Jaywalker may cause a driver to unexpectedly try to avoid them and endanger other cars or pedestrians in the process.

 

Jay walking is putting yourself and others in danger in a street. The victim may not be you, but the driver that might hit you because you are in a traffic place without warning and not a pedestrian place. Many things may happen which cause an accident that might not have happened if you had followed the proper guidelines when mixing people unexpectedly with cars.

 

A Jaywalker can be the cause of an automobile accident without being involved themselves. Just by causing vehicles to do unexpected maneuvers to avoid the Jaywalker.

[Dave514]

"Victimless" crimes.

 

I do not believe there is such a thing.

 

Where does 'smoking a joint' fall in this regard?

[G30SF/F-250]

I think CF would say tax evasion is a vitimless crime. (Is CF over here?)

Yes he is.

[Taco Junkie]

A corporation can't be a victim, because in the minds of the left and the media, as cruel oppressors of the downtrodden deserving poor, anything you take from them is not only not a crime, but simple justice.

 

The more extreme apply that same logic to white people and "rich" people. (Rich = doesn't pay a spend down every month to the county.)

 

Funny how they don't apply that logic to corporations like Google, Amazon and their beloved MSM channels.

[Bruce]

 

 

I think Jay walking can cause a property loss and potentially injury to others since the Jaywalker may cause a driver to unexpectedly try to avoid them and endanger other cars or pedestrians in the process.

 

Jay walking is putting yourself and others in danger in a street. The victim may not be you, but the driver that might hit you because you are in a traffic place without warning and not a pedestrian place. Many things may happen which cause an accident that might not have happened if you had followed the proper guidelines when mixing people unexpectedly with cars.

 

A Jaywalker can be the cause of an automobile accident without being involved themselves. Just by causing vehicles to do unexpected maneuvers to avoid the Jaywalker.

 

Perhaps a better way to look at this would be to use the terms "specific victim crimes" and "non-specific/potential victim crimes." When someone's home is burglarized they are a specific victim and can show damage and/or loss. Jaywalking (which may be a civil infraction instead of a crime) is the kind of crime that is prohibited because while there may not always be a victim, there certainly is a potential for someone to end up with damage, and possibly even injury - both the driver and, of course, more usually the pedestrian. Prostitution may not have a person who can show a specific monetary loss because of a specific incident of prostitution, but neighborhoods may feel a monetary effect over time by loss of business and a decline in property values.