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Criminalization

Criminalization or criminalisation, in criminology, is "the process by which behaviors and individuals are transformed into crime and criminals". Previously legal acts may be transformed into crimes by legislation or judicial decision. However, there is usually a formal presumption in the rules of statutory interpretation against retrospective…

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Criminalization

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples182
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
Components1

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related to Further reading · 117
Criminalization → Abuse, Acta Criminologica, American Experience, Amster, An Introduction, Ashgate, Australian Journal, Baker, Boulder, CO, Consent, Constitutionalizing, Cowell, Crime, Crime Contradictions, Crime Control, Crime Coverage, Crime Victims, Crime Wars Forgotten, Criminal Justice
related to Moral approaches and autonomy · 18
Criminalization → Agreement, As, Certain, Devlin, Devlin's, However, Human Rights, If, In, Joseph Raz, Lying, Other, Patrick Devlin, Such, The, The European Convention, There, This
related to The problems · 12
Criminalization → But, For, Garkawe, Historically, Hudud, In, Islamic, Left Realism, Right Realism, The, There, Zina
related to Principles · 9
Criminalization → Having, In, It, Most, Several, The, These, Those, Under
related to Procedure · 7
Criminalization → Crime, It, Moreover, Such, The, There, When
see also · 3
Criminalization → Crime, Number, United States

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
decriminalizationinstance ofadvocates that crime policies0.80text
depenalisation or diversioninstance ofadvocates that crime policies0.80text
and mediation should be adopted wherever possibleinstance ofadvocates that crime policies0.80text
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homosexualityinstance ofviews were likely to vary widely on issues0.80text
contraceptioninstance ofviews were likely to vary widely on issues0.80text
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particularly those influenced by religioninstance ofviews were likely to vary widely on issues0.80text
Feinberg struggle to quantify the ideology behind the illegality of acts which in another setting would be acceptableinstance ofPhilosophers0.80text
drivinginstance ofin matters of social security or some personal regulated activity0.80text
Feinburg point outinstance oftheorists0.80text
legislaturesinstance ofThis is changing the character and content of the remaining institutions of the state which must now work co-operatively with other for-profit agencies.The political order must…0.80text

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