Strategic crimes are defined as extortion, kidnapping, and blackmail. These crimes are called this because the violent act is one move in a complex game played by the criminal, the victim, and law enforcement agencies. Murder is defined as the unlawful killing of a human being with malice aforethought. Manslaughter is unlawful homicide without malice aforethought. Most murders occur during a quarrel between two people who know each other well.
Many homicides are alcohol-related.
The mentally ill commit murder at the same rate as the general population and serial killers are almost always psychotic. Assault is a threat or attempt to injure. Robbery may be defined as taking another person s property by intimidation. Forcible rape is the act of forcing sexual intercourse on another person against his or her will. Statutory rape , for which penalties are less severe, is the act of having sexual relations with a man or woman who is below a particular age established by state law.