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... > social science subjects > criminology and criminal justice > criminology > social history of crime > socioeconomic, political, and religious issues > criminalization and decriminalization

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criminalization and decriminalization  

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  • Criminalization is the legislative decision to make a noncriminal act into a criminal act. Decriminalization is just the opposite; it is the legislative decision to make a once criminal act into a noncriminal act. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Criminalization and Decriminalization]

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