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  1. criminalise
    declare illegal; outlaw
    For example: as cultures change and the political environment shifts, societies may criminalise or decriminalise certain behaviours, which will directly affect the statistical crime rates, influence the allocation of resources for the enforcement of laws, and (re-)influence the general public opinion.
  2. decriminalise
    make legal
    For example: as cultures change and the political environment shifts, societies may criminalise or decriminalise certain behaviours, which will directly affect the statistical crime rates, influence the allocation of resources for the enforcement of laws, and (re-)influence the general public opinion.
  3. criminalization
    the act of making something illegal
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    1 Etymology
    2 Definition
    3 Criminalization
    4 History
    5 Natural-law theory
    6 Distinctions
    7 Types
    7.1
  4. normative
    relating to or dealing with typical standards or patterns
    Ernest Klein (citing Karl Brugmann) suggests cri-men, which would originally have meant "cry of distress."[3]

    [edit] Definition
    A normative definition views crime as deviant behavior that violates prevailing norms – cultural standards prescribing how humans ought to behave normally.
  5. societal
    relating to people in general
    When Quinney states "crime is a social phenomenon"[1] he envisages both how individuals conceive crime and how populations perceive it, based on societal norms.[citation needed]

    The label of "crime" and the accompanying social stigma normally confine their scope to those activities seen as injurious to the general population or to the State, including some that cause serious loss or damage to individuals.
  6. etymology
    a history of a word
    Contents [hide]
    1 Etymology
    2 Definition
    3 Criminalization
    4 History
    5 Natural-law theory
    6 Distinctions
    7 Types
    7.1
  7. codify
    organize into a system, such as a body of law
    Governing or administering agencies may for example codify rules into laws, police citizens and visitors to ensure that they comply with those laws, and implement other policies and practices which legislators or administrators have prescribed with the aim of discouraging or preventing crime.
  8. hegemony
    the dominance or leadership of one social group over others
    Those who apply the labels of "crime" or "criminal" intend to assert the hegemony of a dominant population, or to reflect a consensus of condemnation for the identified behavior and to justify any punishments prescribed by the State (in the event that standard processing tries and convicts an accused person of a crime).
  9. genitive
    serving to express or indicate possession
    Crime in Countries
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    [edit] Etymology
    The word crime originates from the Latin crīmen (genitive: criminis), from the root of Latin cernō = "I decide, I give judgement" and Greek κρινω = "I judge".
  10. infraction
    a violation of a law or rule
    While every crime violates the law, not every violation of the law counts as a crime; for example: breaches of contract and of other civil law may rank as "offences" or as "infractions".
  11. mutilation
    the act of severely damaging or ruining something
    Some jurisdictions have penal codes written to inflict permanent harsh punishments: legal mutilation, capital punishment or life without parole.
  12. opt
    select as an alternative over another
    With institutional and legal machinery at their disposal, agents of the State can compel populations to conform to codes, and can opt to punish or attempt to reform those who do not conform.
  13. condemnation
    an expression of strong disapproval
    Those who apply the labels of "crime" or "criminal" intend to assert the hegemony of a dominant population, or to reflect a consensus of condemnation for the identified behavior and to justify any punishments prescribed by the State (in the event that standard processing tries and convicts an accused person of a crime).
  14. datum
    an item of factual information from measurement or research
    Similarly, changes in the collection and/or calculation of data on crime may affect the public perceptions of the extent of any given "crime problem".
Created on Thu Sep 16 19:29:50 EDT 2010

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