Definitions of Crime and Deviance
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- Created on: 05-07-12 14:31
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Crime
Crime is a much more specific category than the wide and varied range covered by deviance. It is defined as an infraction of the criminal law – as lawbreaking.
They are usually seen as particularly serious and negative forms of deviance.
Pease said that ‘crimes are those actions deemed so disturbing to citizens or disruptive to society as to…
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