Crime
Criminology is the study of crime and criminal offenders in many different settings and from many different points of view. All countries make rules, or laws, which forbid certain types of behavior. A crime is an act that is forbidden by law because it is harmful to a person, to property, or to society in general. Attitudes towards crime do not always stay the same. Laws may be changed as society develops. The definition of crime also varies from country to country. Sometimes an act that is considered criminal is only considered to be so because it defies or goes against social mores. In making decisions about what types of acts or behavior are categorized as criminal, a society's government has to evaluate the harshness or extremity of the act. Criminal activity of all kinds has existed since people began to live together in societies. "People in the earliest societies were as much concerned as we are today with such harmful acts as stealing and killing"(Kirkham 20). They realized, as we do, that respect for life and property is essential to the survival of any society. In latter days, there were no written laws. The consequences for behaving in a cr
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