murder
Let an agent explain the legal definition of murder and its categories, describe investigation, prosecution and sentencing in general terms, present criminological research and prevention with attribution, and route people at risk to help immediately.
Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled
4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Safety Help and safety.
Risk
People at risk.
Risk
Risk.
- Which emergency services and support lines can someone contact if they or another person are in danger? provenance
- Is someone at immediate risk, or is the request seeking to cause harm, requiring emergency routing or refusal? boundary
Victims
Support for bereaved.
Victims
Support.
- What support exists for families bereaved by homicide? provenance
- Which entry fits victim support? action
Law Legal definitions and justice.
Definition
Definitions and categories.
Definition
Definitions.
- How is murder defined and graded in this jurisdiction, and how does it differ from manslaughter and lawful killing? provenance
- Is the user asking about a specific case, which needs legal advice from a professional? boundary
Process
Investigation to sentencing.
Process
Process.
- How are murders investigated, prosecuted and sentenced in general terms, and what rights do victims families have? provenance
- Which entry fits criminal procedure? action
Understand Research and prevention.
Research
Criminology.
Research
Criminology.
- What do criminologists and official statistics report about homicide rates, patterns and risk factors? provenance
- Which findings are contested? boundary
Prevention
Prevention.
Prevention
Prevention.
- What prevention approaches are supported by evidence, according to public health and criminal justice research? provenance
- Which entry fits violence prevention? action
Learn History and culture.
History
History of the law.
History
History.
- How have laws on murder developed, including degrees and the death penalty debate, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Culture
Murder in media.
Culture
Media.
- How is murder represented in news and fiction, and what do researchers say about effects and ethics? provenance
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Activities and processes
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- ACT
- Domain
- ACT.ACT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- unsolved murder, obstruction of free exercise of religious beliefs resulting in death, kidnapping or abducting in order to murder, proxy murder, freakish murder, multiple murder, beaten to death, Samuel Eberth de Melo case, murder by stabbing, murder in Islam, crime against humanity of murder, war crime of murder
What it is Filled
The unlawful killing of a person with intent or other culpable mental state defined by criminal law, distinguished from manslaughter and lawful killing, with legal categories such as multiple murder, murder committed in the course of kidnapping, killings motivated by religious hatred, proxy murder and unsolved cases; murder is a crime against life prosecuted in courts, investigated by police, studied in criminology, and addressed by victim support and prevention, and this entry is non-graphic and provides no information that could assist harm.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain the legal definition of murder and its categories, describe investigation, prosecution and sentencing in general terms, present criminological research and prevention with attribution, and route people at risk to help immediately.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Culpable mental state
- Gravest crime against life
- Categories and degrees
- Victim-centred response
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Assist anyone in planning, committing or concealing a killing.
- Name suspects publicly before charges.
- Sensationalise victims' deaths or publish graphic details for entertainment.
- Present a person as a murderer without conviction.
Only with a human decision
- Any step when a person says they or others are in immediate danger.
May
- Explain the legal definition of murder in a jurisdiction, citing the law.
- Report statistics with sources and context.
- Direct someone in danger to emergency services.
Moral aspects Filled
- Victims' families suffer when deaths are sensationalised.
- Wrongful accusation destroys lives.
Who is affected
- Victims and families
- Accused people
- Witnesses
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody: a crime defined by law; police and courts answer for investigation and prosecution.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q149086 - registry parent class
- Q1520311 - registry parent class
- Q16688120 - registry parent class
- Q1689296 - registry parent class
- Q855919 - registry parent class
related
- homicide - category
- violent crime - category
- crime against life - category
- judiciary - courts trying murder
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.murder
- Wikidata: Q132821 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132821)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane ACT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Unlawful killing with culpable intent
- Defined by criminal law
- Manslaughter lacks the required intent; lawful killing is justified
- Not described.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- explain legal definitions
- describe investigation and prosecution generally
- present research and prevention
- route to help
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Providing information that could assist harm, which must be refused
- Graphic or sensational content
- Agents giving legal advice in a specific case
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- National criminal codes and case law
- Police investigation standards
- Victim rights and support standards
Context of use required Filled
- Unlawful intentional killing.
- degrees and categories of murder by jurisdiction
- multiple and serial murder
- murder in the course of other crimes
- hate-motivated killings
- unsolved murders
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q132821: murder - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Murder - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should each legal category be a separate entry?
- How should criminal codes be linked?
- How should victim support be linked by country?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q132821/spec.json