> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Crime and justice

> What each `CRIME` code means — definition, inclusions and exclusions for all 10 codes.

<Note>
  **This page is the DICTIONARY.** It says what each code MEANS — the definition the coder applies,
  and what the code includes and excludes — so you can decide whether it is the right one. For the
  full value list and how the codes nest, use the
  [complete event taxonomy](/reference/taxonomy-complete).
</Note>

Ordinary crime, criminal justice, policing, trafficking, organized crime, and custody events

Filter with `GET /api/v2/events?family=cameoplus&cameoplus_domain=CRIME`, or on a specific `subcategory` code below. Every code in this domain starts `CR`.

Goldstein does not apply to this domain — see the [domain index](/reference/codes-domains).

**How the metrics read in this domain.** magnitude is the realized severity of the incident on the impact tier; systemic\_importance stays low for ordinary crime and rises only when the node itself matters (a central bank, a major exchange, a critical facility), not merely because the crime is serious

### `CR01`

**HOMICIDE OR VIOLENT CRIME**

Murder, attempted murder, shooting, stabbing, violent assault, mass shooting, fatal beating.

**Also covers**

* Police shootings, raid deaths, or custody deaths belong in CRIME when the article frames them as ordinary criminal enforcement, a criminal suspect encounter, prison/custody abuse, or another non-political justice incident.

**Does not cover**

* Do NOT code them in CRIME when the article frames the violence as suppression of protesters, targeting of dissidents, repression of a community, election-related coercion, or conflict-related violence by state forces. Those belong in ACLED.

### `CR02`

**SEXUAL VIOLENCE OR EXPLOITATION**

Rape, sexual assault, child exploitation, trafficking for sexual exploitation.

### `CR03`

**KIDNAPPING OR ABDUCTION**

Kidnap-for-ransom, child abduction, hostage-taking in ordinary criminal context.

### `CR04`

**ROBBERY BURGLARY OR THEFT**

Armed robbery, burglary ring, major theft, carjacking, looting not tied to conflict or riots.

**Also covers**

* Standalone burglary/robbery/looting events without political contention belong here.

**Does not cover**

* Theft or looting during political unrest is not CRIME if the primary frame is civil unrest or political violence; that belongs to ACLED.

### `CR05`

**FRAUD OR FINANCIAL CRIME**

Fraud, scams, embezzlement, bribery, corruption as criminal prosecution, securities fraud, money laundering.

### `CR06`

**NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING OR SMUGGLING**

Drug busts, trafficking networks, smuggling operations, contraband interdictions.

### `CR07`

**ORGANIZED CRIME OR GANG ACTIVITY**

Mafia/cartel/gang operations, turf killings, racketeering, organized extortion.

**Also covers**

* Cartel, gang, mafia, and trafficking groups belong here when framed as criminal organizations.

**Does not cover**

* If the group is framed as rebel, insurgent, militia, terrorist, separatist, or a political armed actor, route out of CRIME and do not code here.

### `CR08`

**ARREST CHARGE CONVICTION OR SENTENCING**

Arrest, indictment, charge, plea, conviction, sentencing, extradition for ordinary crime.

**Also covers**

* If the cluster is mainly about a conviction or sentencing for an older crime, code CR08 for the judicial outcome, not the historical crime.

**Does not cover**

* Arrests of political figures, activists, protesters, or conflict actors are not CRIME.

### `CR09`

**PRISON JAILBREAK OR CUSTODY INCIDENT**

Jailbreak, prison riot, escape, inmate deaths in custody, detention-center disturbances.

### `CR10`

**POLICE INVESTIGATION OR OPERATION**

Police raid, warrant execution, investigation launch, search operation, manhunt, seizure action.

**Also covers**

* If the cluster is mainly about a police raid or investigation, code CR10 unless the article clearly centers the underlying crime incident itself.