I was wondering what does "crime is a social construction" mean.
Also, is it the same as "social construction of crime"?
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Crime is a social construction because crime is defined by people.
"The statement ‘crime is socially constructed’ is very vague in that it could be argued for hours and in hundreds of pages of information on the subject. To put it simply, crime is constructed by the use of social laws, and the decisions of those with power, to make some of these social laws into criminal laws. Crime can be seen as a social construction as what is legal or illegal in one society or culture may not be in another, the same can be said of deviance."
Charlotte -- what is the source of your quotation?
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