In order for a deviant act to be considered a crime______________?

Social Control 07/10/2020

A. the state must undertake a political process of criminalizing it
B. it must be committed by someone labelled a criminal
C. it must involve the violation of a person or property
D. the majority of the population must consider the act criminal

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