Natural Crimes Vs Legal Crimes
Natural Crime vs. 1
Running Head: NATURAL CRIME VS. LEGAL CRIME
Natural Crime vs. Legal Crime
Kareen Monroe
University of Phoenix
CJA 303
October 2009
Natural Crime vs. 2
Abstract
In this paper I will attempt to give the differences between Natural Crimes, mala in se and Legal Crimes, mala prohibita. Compare and Contrast their concepts. Crimes are put into different categories. Depending on the how the crime is committed is how it is distinguished as natural or legal crimes.
Natural Crime vs. 3
Natural Crime vs. Legal Crime
Mala in se is a crime that is wrong in itself. Natural Crime is considered this type of crime. It is against personal crime and laws of nature that some believe might be against the law of the land. Legal Crime is what it says a crime that is illegal and not usually against nature. The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines what crimes are and which ones are considered mala in se and those that are considered mala prohibita wrong only because it is prohibited by law.
Most gang crimes, which cause harm personally as are crimes against children these two would be considered a Natural Crime. There are scholars in the legal profession that have different points of view when defining mala in se and mala prohibita. “Efforts to define mala in se, on the other hand, haversulted in vague, often conflicting meanings that leave the analyst with little but examples to serve as definitions.” (Davis, 2006)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), receive statistics from all law enforcement agencies in the United States. They compile the information of the following eight crimes: Murder, Aggravated Assault, Forcible Rape, Burglary, Robbery, Larceny-theft, Motor Vehicle theft, and Arson into what is called index crimes under The Uniform Crime Report (UCR). Of these eight crimes there are three of them that are considered the most violent of them all because they usually are crimes against...
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