Which kinds of crime are most and least common? Property crime in the U.S. is much more common than violent crime. In 2022, the FBI reported a total of 1,954.4 property crimes per 100,000 people, compared with 380.7 violent crimes per 100,000 people.

Example: One example of parricide is the case of Lizzie Borden, who was accused of killing her father and stepmother with an axe in 1892. Another example is the story of Oedipus, who unknowingly killed his father and married his mother.

"Culpable homicide" is: Whoever causes death by doing an act with the intention of causing death, or with the intention of causing such bodily injury as is likely to cause death, or with the knowledge that he is likely by such act to cause death, commits the offence of culpable homicide.