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crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority. The term ''crime'' does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,Farmer, Lindsay: "Crime, definitions of", in Ca ...
in the
U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...
of
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
. The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. Operating under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of Justice, ...
has a
field office in New Jersey, located in
Newark.
State statistics
As of 2013, there was a reported 192,971 crimes in
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York; on the east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on the west by the Delaware ...
, including 401
murders. This is an overall decrease in total crimes reported, but an increase in murders.
By location
Camden
Camden has been ranked among the most dangerous cities in the United States in 2002, 2004, 2005, and 2009.
Capital punishment laws
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty, is the state-sanctioned practice of deliberately killing a person as a punishment for an actual or supposed crime, usually following an authorized, rule-governed process to conclude that t ...
is not applied in this state. New Jersey was the first state to repeal the use of the death penalty after the
Supreme Court restored the use of capital punishment in the ''
Gregg v. Georgia'' case.
Drugs
Akbar Pray,
Newark resident, was sentenced to life in prison in 1990 for leading a drugs gang that had dominated the city's drug trade since the early 1970s.
See also
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Law of New Jersey
The law of New Jersey consists of several levels, including constitutional, statutory, regulatory, case law, and local law.
Sources
The Constitution of New Jersey is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the New Jersey ...
References
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