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12 CRIME AND THE LEGAL SYSTEM
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How Do Societies Respond to Crime and Deviance?
WHAT IS CRIME?
- a violation of norms that have been written into law
WHY DOES CRIME EXIST?
- positivists: people are social and are not prone to act criminally unless some biological, psychological, or social factor is involved
- classicists: people make rational choices to commit crimes based on pleasure/pain calculations
HOW DO WE DEAL WITH CRIME?
- through a three-part criminal justice system: police, courts, and corrections