Criminal Civil Rights Violation Law and Legal Definition
A criminal civil rights violation refers to an offense that occurs as a result of the use of force or the threat of force by the offender against a victim. For instance an assault committed because of the victim's race or sexual orientation.
The offender to a criminal civil right violation can be prosecuted under various federal criminal civil rights statutes, such as those laws that prohibit hate crimes, bias crimes, and human trafficking.
A criminal civil rights violation can occur with:
a. hate crimes;
b. migrant worker exploitation;
c. law enforcement misconduct;
d. religious interference or property damage;
e. health care access interference, such as phone threat or bombing; and
f. slavery rings
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Abuse of Rights
- Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences [ACJS]
- Acquired-Rights Doctrine
- Administration of Criminal Justice
- Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft
- Air Rights
- All Substantial Rights to a Patent [Internal Revenue]
- American Board of Criminalistics
- American Civil Liberties Union
- American Civil Rights Movement
