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... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > behavior (psychology) > antisocial behavior > crime
social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > crimes and offenses > antisocial behavior > crime
... > social science subjects > psychology > behavior mechanisms > human development > mental health, mental disorders, and special groups > antisocial behavior > crime
social science subjects > psychology > social psychology > antisocial behavior > crime
social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > crime

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crime  

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  • Crime is that particular subset of deviance or failure to conform to rules where the rules in question are legal codes. This definition could be operationalised in a thoroughly pragmatic way by treating as crime only that which the appropriate legal authorities have determined is criminal, but many sociologists would regard that as unduly restrictive and wish to include acts which in some sense or other should have been regarded as crimes. [Source: The SAGE Dictionary of Sociology; Crime]

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