A crime in a broad sense is an act that violates a political or moral law of any one person or social grouping. In the narrow sense, a crime is a violation of criminal law.

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magazine article: Assassination. "My heart burnt within me with indignation and grief; we could think of nothing else. All night long we had only snatches of sleep, waking up perpetually to the sense of a great shock and grief. Every one is feeling the same. I never knew so universal a feeling" Read article

word game: Criminals. Match the names of 30 different types of criminals to definitions of these. Play game (1) and game (2) and game (3).

story: A Small Family Business. “One last job”, thought Jack Robino. “One last job, then I’ll finally retire.” Jack knew that it was time to give up working and go and collect his pension like other people of his age. But would his last job work out? Read story

story: The Masterpiece. This chilling psycho-terror story was written by seventeen-year-old high-school student Carmen María Ugarteche Soriano from Bolivia. Read story

story: Ngaio Marsh: crime stories. Dame Ngaio Marsh, 1895-1982, one of New Zealand’s most remarkable and charismatic women, was world-renowned as a leading crime fiction writer. In this activity, compare the plots of some of her different crime stories. Read story

poem: The Wild Colonial Boy. This ballad tells the story of the rise and fall of an Australian outlaw, Jack Doolan. Read poem

poem: Murder. This poem was sent to us by Lisa Chen from China. Is it possible to kill the sun? Read poem

cartoon: "What is your occupation, Mr Dean?" "I'm an English teacher, Your Honour." "That's just as well ..." See cartoon
"I don't mind if I have to finish my full term in prison." "Really? Why's that?" "Because my wife ..." See cartoon

trivia: Person: A record for arrests was set by Tommy Johns (1922-88) in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia on 9 September 1982 when he faced his 2,000th conviction for drunkenness since 1957. See more crime trivia

science: cubed. Fast fingerprinting: A genuine breakthrough in fingerprint technology. Read story

history: Aldo Moro killing | Brighton hotel bombing | Malcom X killing | Murder of kidnapped US journalist | Oklahoma bombing | Oswald killing | Pope killing attempt | Rabin killing | Reagan killing attempt | Robert Kennedy killing | Sadat killing | Terrorist attacks of 9/11 | Tokyo gas attack | Valentine's Day Massacre | World Trade Center convictions

links: FBI: most wanted See more links

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