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| − | Crime (aparādha) is an act or actions that violates the law prohibiting it and for which a court can impose punishment. Crimes are usually divided into two types – those like murder or rape which are wrong in themselves (mala in se) and others like gambling or taking drugs which are wrong because society seeks to regulate them for its own well-being (mala prohibita). The first type of crime usually contravene the Precepts while the second type may or may not. Crime, its causes and prevention and the treatment of those who commit it have long occupied the minds of philosophers, jurists and sociologists although the Buddha seems to have been the first person in history to try to give a theory of the origins of crime. In the famous Aggañña Sutta he says that it was only after the development of the concept of private property that crime arose (D.III,92). | + | [[Crime]] ([[aparādha]]) is an act or [[actions]] that violates the law prohibiting it and for which a court can impose punishment. Crimes are usually divided into two types – those like murder or rape which are wrong in themselves ([[mala]] in se) and others like [[gambling]] or taking [[drugs]] which are wrong because {{Wiki|society}} seeks to regulate them for its own well-being ([[mala]] prohibita). The first type of [[crime]] usually contravene the [[Precepts]] while the second type may or may not. [[Crime]], its [[causes]] and prevention and the treatment of those who commit it have long occupied the [[minds]] of [[philosophers]], jurists and sociologists although the [[Buddha]] seems to have been the first [[person]] in {{Wiki|history}} to try to give a {{Wiki|theory}} of the origins of [[crime]]. In the famous [[Aggañña Sutta]] he says that it was only after the development of the {{Wiki|concept}} of private property that [[crime]] arose (D.III,92). |
| − | Dhamma, Man and Law, K.N. Jayatilleke,1989. | + | [[Dhamma]], Man and Law, K.N. Jayatilleke,1989. |
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Revision as of 20:42, 30 August 2013
Crime (aparādha) is an act or actions that violates the law prohibiting it and for which a court can impose punishment. Crimes are usually divided into two types – those like murder or rape which are wrong in themselves (mala in se) and others like gambling or taking drugs which are wrong because society seeks to regulate them for its own well-being (mala prohibita). The first type of crime usually contravene the Precepts while the second type may or may not. Crime, its causes and prevention and the treatment of those who commit it have long occupied the minds of philosophers, jurists and sociologists although the Buddha seems to have been the first person in history to try to give a theory of the origins of crime. In the famous Aggañña Sutta he says that it was only after the development of the concept of private property that crime arose (D.III,92).
Dhamma, Man and Law, K.N. Jayatilleke,1989.
