offensive conduct
collocation in Englishmeaningsofoffensiveandconduct
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offensive
adjective
uk/əˈfen.sɪv/us/əˈfen.sɪv/us/ˈɑːˌfen.sɪv/
causing ...
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conduct
noun[U]
uk/ˈkɒn.dʌkt/us/ˈkɑːn.dʌkt/
behaviour:
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(Definition ofoffensiveandconductfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Diminution of one's cognitive or evaluative powers, and so on, is not the standard effect ofoffensiveconduct.
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Intuitively, the kinds ofoffensiveconductfor which criminalization seems most plausible are those that also involve harm.
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Our first concern is with those types ofoffensiveconductthat do not lead, either directly or indirectly, to harm.
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Indeed, in our view,offensiveconductcan involve harm in each of the divers ways that we identified above.
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We are speaking, here, of punishingoffensiveconduct.
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But if theoffensiveconductis for that couple60 an integral element of their relationship, then in attacking that element we necessarily attack the whole.
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Psychological harm is something that does exist, and on occasion it may be caused byoffensiveconduct,50 but it consists of more than the state of being affronted.
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While one must be careful when drawing parallels between extralegal examples and criminal policy, similar reasoning holds when one is considering the legal proscription of purportedlyoffensiveconduct.
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Thirdly, another version of the offense-as-harm thesis relies on connecting offense to remote harms by claiming thatoffensiveconducthas a tendency to cause harmful results in the long term.
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Surely, therefore, it should be the aim of policing to discourageoffensiveconduct.
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A constable may arrest a person only if he continues to engage inoffensiveconductafter being warned to stop.
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If the offender then engages in furtheroffensiveconductimmediately or shortly after the warning, then the constable may arrest.
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Ifoffensiveconductis repeated after a warning by a police officer, or a further offensive act is committed, the offender can be arrested without warrant.
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In part, capital punishment is an expression of society's moral outrage at particularlyoffensiveconduct.
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Indeed, the wordsoffensiveconductalone can not be said sufficiently to inform the ordinary person that distinctions between certain locations are thereby created.
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A prosecutor must show that a person has caused theoffensiveconduct, or that the culprit had some pre-existing duty to take steps to avoid a criminal consequence.
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