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Question 1

legal definition of crime

Answer 1

Behaviour which breaks the law and is punishable by the legal state. It must have 2 elements: Actus Reus (the guilty act) and the Mens Rea (the guilty mind). There are 2 types of offences: summary (less serious) and indictable (more serious)

Question 2

social definition of crime

Answer 2

Sometimes a crime/act is labelled from ‘social interaction’ or doing wrong against a community. If a society has said that act is a crime, it will become one. This is due to different views, law enforcement and law making.

Question 3

formal sanctions

Answer 3

custodial, community, fines, discharge

Question 4

norms

Answer 4

social expectations that guide our behaviour and can explain why people act the way they do

Question 5

values

Answer 5

shared by most people in a culture. What people feel should happen. more general guidelines than norms.

Question 6

moral code

Answer 6

good ways to behave. Set of basic rules and breaking them would be considered serious in society.