Various Crimes Management: Meaning & Types of Crime

Security Education JSS3 Second Term

Week 14- Supplementary Lesson

Various Crimes Management: Meaning & Types of Crime

Crime can be defined as an illegal activity or action which an individual commits in any society. Crime can also be explained as breach of a rule of law for which punishment may ultimately be prescribed by some governing authority or force.

The following crimes are identified in our society:

Types of crime in our society

1. Stealing/ Housebreaking: To take something illegally or without the owner’s permission or to break into someone’s house to steal their properties.

2. Rape: To forcefully take advantage or have carnal knowledge of the opposite sex.

3. Drug trafficking: This is the…