Re: Growth of actions definded as crime. Which math formula?

[Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>]

On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, Lucky Green wrote:

> Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 23:01:01 -0800
> From: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
> To: Black Unicorn <unicorn@access.digex.net>
> Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject: Re: Growth of actions definded as crime. Which math formula?
> 
> At 23:56 9/5/95, Black Unicorn wrote:
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> >Really it's hard to answer this because what constitutes a "NEW" act is a
> >real question in and of itself.
> >
> >For example, wire fraud.  Is it a "NEW" crime?  Or just a subset of
> >fraud, or mail fraud?
> 
> If they guy would have gotten away before the new law was passed, it is a
> new crime.

This is very rare.  It's mostly in definitional cases, for example, where 
Extacy was just not defined as a controlled substance some years ago.

Created crimes are few and far between.

There's a lot of jurisprudence.  Criminals are creative, but there are 
only so many things that can't be covered by "Fraud."

> 
> That's the stats I am looking for.
> 
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