The label of "crime" and the accompanying social [[stigma]] normally confine their scope to those activities seen as injurious to the general [[population]] or to the [[State]], including some that cause serious loss or damage to [[individuals]]. Those who apply the labels of "crime" or "criminal" intend to assert the [[hegemony]] of a dominant population, or to [[reflect]] a [[consensus]] of condemnation for the identified [[behavior]] and to justify any punishments prescribed by the State (in the event that standard processing tries and convicts an accused person of a crime).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime] | The label of "crime" and the accompanying social [[stigma]] normally confine their scope to those activities seen as injurious to the general [[population]] or to the [[State]], including some that cause serious loss or damage to [[individuals]]. Those who apply the labels of "crime" or "criminal" intend to assert the [[hegemony]] of a dominant population, or to [[reflect]] a [[consensus]] of condemnation for the identified [[behavior]] and to justify any punishments prescribed by the State (in the event that standard processing tries and convicts an accused person of a crime).[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime] |