ABSTRACT
Although the terminology is often “offenses against the person” and “offenses against the habitation,” what is really meant is “an offense against the state in the form of harm to the person” as well as “an offense against the state in the form of harm to the habitation.” When charged with an “offense against property,” the defendant is prosecuted in the interest of the state, and not in the interest of the individual whose property was involved. The individual who is harmed can use the civil courts to recover property and redress injury. In this book, crimes are divided into these segments:
1. offenses against persons, excluding sex crimes (Chapter 5); 2. offenses against persons, sex crimes (Chapter 6); 3. offenses against property-destruction and intrusion offenses (Chapter 7); 4. offenses involving theft and deception (Chapter 8); 5. offenses against morality and decency (Chapter 9); 6. offenses against the public peace, including drugs (Chapter 10); 7. offenses against justice administration (Chapter 11); and 8. white-collar, corporate, and regulatory crimes (Chapter 12).
