What is a victimless crime? A victimless crime is a consensual illegal act with no complaining parties. No one is harmed directly or, if it occurs, the harm is undone by the informed consent of consenting participants. It has been suggested, however, that the effect is indirect and can take various forms. But since the targeted individual has agreed to participate in one of these acts, attribution of victimization is no longer taken into account. Victimless crimes may include: public drunkenness; wandering; various sexual acts usually involving consenting adults (fornication, adultery, incest, homosexuality, and prostitution); obscenity; pornography; drug-related crimes; abortion; gambling; and juvenile status crimes (crimes that would not be criminal if the actor were an adult). Victimless crimes tend to have no recurring parties other than law enforcement because the immediate participants in these crimes do not see themselves as victims, nor do they intend to. notify the police and fear criminal liability if they report. However, because such illegal acts usually occur in consensual private and do not directly victimize other parties, other citizens are unlikely to observe the acts or have sufficient incentive to file a police report. As a result, it is hypothesized, victimless crimes are more difficult to detect and prosecute than overt crimes with obvious victims, and police are therefore forced to engage in a range of practices that are subject to serious abuse. These may include surveillance by undercover officers; the use of internal informants on the criminal side; various forms of intrusive electronic and physical surveillance (wiretapping, bugging, peeking through holes in public bathroom ceilings... middle of paper... combined crimes). Very severe sentences are imposed for drug possession. It is a fact that first time offenders of non-violent drug arrests receive a mandatory prison sentence of 5 years without parole and 10 depending on the size of the drugs involved. Child pornography is in any case a form of child abuse and should nevertheless be prosecuted. possession of some images could land a defendant in prison for a few years. With the increasing use of the Internet and sometimes frank exposure to unwanted sites, it is possible that many people accidentally stumble across some of these images have obtained, through their companies, computers that were not their property, which contained such images, for repair or inspect them and were jailed and labeled child molesters. Involuntary possession of child pornography is truly a victimless crime that comes with high prices to pay.