Time, Victoria; Payne, Brian K.; Gainey, Randy R. - In: Journal of Criminal Justice 38 (2010) 4, pp. 790-795
Criminologists tend to study crimes that include active behaviors by offenders. Much less attention is given to inaction - or crimes that are defined by the absence of behaviors. A number of different crimes of omission, however, are included within state statutes. In recent times, a great deal...