What are nonviolent crimes?

Answer 1

Any crime that is perpetrated WITHOUT violence being used. HOWEVER - SOME cirmes (especially some felony offenses) are automatically "Crimes of Violence" because of the fear and danger they place their victims in, whether or not a violent action takes place or not.

Answer 2

It's difficult to provide a meaningful answer without first defining the terms of reference. A good starting point is to consider what constitutes violence.

Any criminal act that involves the harming, coercion, threatening, intimidation or harassment of another person could, under the right circumstances, be considered a crime of violence. Even if no actual physical violence is involved, many jurisdictions categorize any crime where a victim or another person was deliberately placed in fear of their safety as a violent offense.

Generally speaking, non-violent crimes are things such as fraud, petty theft, DUI, smuggling, media piracy and other such acts.

Answer 3

Nonviolent crimes are crimes in which there were no threats of or acts of violence in any way. Burglary, fraud, and theft are examples of nonviolent crimes. There really is no such thing as an nonserious crime. If any crime was not serious then it would be a crime. The severity of a crime, of course, ranges from an infraction, which is not punishable by any jail time, to a capital crime, which is punishable by life in prison or the death penalty.

Answer 4

Non-violent crime do not use physical force and cause physical or emotional pain. These include crimes such as forgery, counterfitting all the way to public indecency.

Answer 5

Impossible to answer on this venue. Almost allnon-violent crimes have some monetary fine associated wtih them.