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Violent crime — OCR GCSE Psychology Definition

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GCSE Psychology · key term

Violent crime

Definition

An offence involving physical harm or the threat of violence, such as assault.

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OCR GCSE Psychology · J203

Paper 1

Revise: Concepts in Criminal Psychology

OCR Psychology past papers

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Acquisitive crime
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Criminal behaviour
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Deviation from norms

Drug-related crime

Official crime statistics

Self-report survey