Crime

There are no crimes specifically targeting roleplayers; the crime issue faced by gamers is the public perception that roleplaying encourages criminal behavior in gamers. This perception generally expresses itself in one of two ways: media reports that criminal suspects were influenced by roleplaying, or by law enforcement authorities mistaking legal game activity for actual crimes.

CNN Review: 'The Embrace' - Review of Aphrodite Jones true crime book about the 1996 "vampire cult" case; VtM mentioned as the suspect's hobby.
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EFF - Steve Jackson Games v. Secret Service - The Electronic Frontier Foundation records of the famous raid on the roleplaying company.
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TeeVee: Ripped From Today's Headlines! - Examination of television coverage of the Kentucky 'Vampire Cult' murders, and its parallels with anti-D&D media coverage in the 1980s.
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Seattle Times: Friends describe Baranyi's fantasy world - Interview with a murder suspect's friends; fantasy roleplaying mentioned as one of his hobbies.
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Seattle Times: Young defendants win separate trials in Bellevue murder case - Report on developments in the case of teenage murder suspects in Bellevue, Washington; D&D mentioned as probable subject of upcoming witness testimony.
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Seattle Times: Trial in Bellevue's worst-ever slaying case moves closer - Eve-of-the-trial profile of two murder suspects and the case against them; fantasy roleplaying mentioned as the suspects hobby.
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FBI Raids Tri Tac Games - Tri Tac's recounting of the FBI's 1994 search for toy badges.
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The Vampire Clan - Links to articles about the 1996 "vampire cult" case.
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Legalizing Crime - The state has a monopoly on behaviour usually deemed criminal. It murders, kidnaps, and locks up people. Sovereignty has come to be identified with the unbridled - and exclusive - exercise of violence. The emergence of modern international law has narrowe...
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How To Reduce Crime In Your City - (NC)-During my term as Chair of the National Strategy on Community Safety and Crime Prevention, I have a visited cities in the United States, England and Belgium to discuss successful crime reduction...
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