no crime

A form of no-crime — To determine that an alleged crime, especially a sexual assault or rape, should not be prosecuted as a crime (e.g. because the victim has withdrawn their complaint).

Meanings

verbno crime (third-person singular simple present no crimes, present participle no criming, simple past and past participle no crimed)

present singular third person no crimes · participle present no criming · participle past no crimed · past no crimed

  1. alternativeAlternative form of no-crime.

    Even so, in 38 per cent of cases 'no crimed' the victim and aggressor were not residing together.

    1989, Susan S. M. Edwards, Policing "domestic" violence: women, the law, and the state, Sage Pubns, →ISBN
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    During his study tour of the United States of America, Blair (1985) noted that some police departments had three different categories for the equivalent of cases that were 'no crimed'. These were: 'inactive' (undetected); 'unfounded'; and [...]

    2004, J. Jordan, The Word of a Woman?: Police, Rape and Belief, Springer, →ISBN, page 63

    [...] very similar pattern of 'no criming' to that found in studies undertaken earlier in the 1980s. Of the cases initially reported as rape, attempted rape or indecent assault during the two year period covered by the study, 38 per cent (116 out of 301) ...

    2012, Jeanne Gregory, Sue Lees, Policing Sexual Assault, Routledge, →ISBN, page 62

    In our study, which included reported rapes 'no crimed' in the first month, clear differences were apparent between the three groups, so that 35 per cent of stranger rapes were 'no crimed', whereas [...]

    2012, Jeanne Gregory, Sue Lees, Policing Sexual Assault, Routledge, →ISBN, page 96
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Chicago

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