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Criminal Homicide

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The mores of a society are those customs and values which its members believe must be followed to ensure the society’s survival. Crimes are those deviant acts which violate the mores, which are believed to threaten the social fabric. All societies, literate and nonliterate, recognize crimes in this way. In the large, literate societies, criminal law is a codification of the given society’s mores combined with specific punishments for violations.

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Palmer, S., Humphrey, J.A. (1990). Criminal Homicide. In: Deviant Behavior. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0583-3_3

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