Definition: Defamation or insult

Category: Crime statistics

Intentional remark, action or communication (spoken or otherwise) by a person which harms another person’s reputation, respect, confidence in which a person is held, or induces hostile or disagreeable opinions or feelings. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/ICCS_final-2015-March12_FINAL_v1_0_EN.pdf
Source:
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), "International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), version 1.0", Vienna, 2015
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