Concepts of Crime, Law, and Criminology - Criminology

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Crime is divided into two general categories.                      offenses are wrong by their very nature and                     offenses are crimes that are prohibited by law but are not necessarily wrong in themselves.

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"Mala in se. . . mala prohibita" is the correct answer. Mala in se offenses are wrong by their very nature, while mala prohibita offenses are crimes that are prohibited by law but are not necessarily wrong in themselves. These definitions of crime are not fixed and change over time as society's values change. Changes in the definitions of crime may occur when a court decides that the criminalization of specific actions also violate constitutional law.

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