status crime
A crime of which a person is guilty by being in a certain condition or of a specific character. • An example of a status crime is vagrancy. — Also termed status offense; personal-condition crime.
A crime of which a person is guilty by being in a certain condition or of a specific character. • An example of a status crime is vagrancy. — Also termed status offense; personal-condition crime.
status crime 身份罪 此类犯罪并非基于被禁止的作为或不作为,而是基于被告人的特定情况或状态,如流浪罪。此类犯罪的合宪性已受到质疑。在美国,吸毒成瘾现已不再作为可惩罚的犯罪行为。