Petty Crimes

Andre Carlos
IEP - KSU

A misdemeanor crime is a criminal offense that is fewer serious than a crime and more serious than an infraction (Reuters)

Examples

• Traffic violation
• Mistreatment of animals
• Failure to declare income tax
• Use of fake student cards
• Acceptance of the wrong change

Examples

• Buying fake products
• Download music and games, but without paying for them
• Stealing the cable signal
• Using fake signatures
• Jump the line

How much

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• Windows 8.1 - U$119,99
• Rolex - U$ 2.500,00
• Nike shoes - U$200,00
• Perfume - U$ 100,00

You want to go to the concert of your favorite band, but you could not buy a ticket in time. You discover that will be selling tickets at the entrance of the event. When you get there, you recognize that the line to buy the ticket is huge! However, you see your best friend in the beginning of the line. What do you do? Do you jump the line and do not care about others and buy the ticket as planned, or you go to the end of the line and hope to have something when your turn comes?

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The corruption is in all levels of society, the provision of public, social, and economic development of the country’s services, and compromises the lives of current and future generations.

A survey conducted in Brazil by the Federal University of Minas Gerais and the Vox Populi Institute states that approximately one in Brazilians (23%) give money to a policeman to avoid a fine believe this act is not corrupt (Barba).

What is wrong,

MISDEMEANOR PUNISHMENTS

• 500 to 4000 dollars
• Confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days or one year
• Both such fine and confinement
• PENAL CODE, Chapter 12.

What is right,

Thank you

References

• "As Práticas de Corrupção do dia a dia do Brasileiro" by Marina D. Barba
• "Pequenos Delitos" by Wanda Camargo
• "Misdemeanors" FindLaw, Thomas Reuters
• Penal Code