GC: n
S: http://www.icpr.org.uk/ (last access: 16 November 2014); http://ec.europa.eu/justice/criminal/criminal-law-policy/index_en.htm (last access: 16 November 2014).
N: 1. criminal (adj): early 15c., from Middle French criminel (11c.), from Latin criminalis “pertaining to crime,” from crimen (genitive criminis). Preserves the Latin -n-. Criminal law (or criminal justice) distinguished from civil in English at least since late 15c.
policy (n): from Old French: policie. From Late Latin: politia. From Greek: politeia.
2. The “link” between society and crime can be plainly seen in the globalized society of the present time. Crime is one of the symptoms of the emergence of the global society which, at the same time, allows its evolution to be understood: not only from the point of view of the threats which lurk, with the infiltration of crime in the centres of political, economic and financial decisions, but also because crime adapts itself to the new forms of socialisation. In this “new” society, a “new” type of crime is developing.
It is important to bear in mind that political-criminal options are revealed in the counter-light of crime and of the society in which it manifests itself. The “same” society which “explains” – creates the crime, “explains” – legitimizes the reaction to the crime. This, in order to be understood in the concrete manifestations it assumes, must above all be appreciated – it is the most important – in the light of the ideology that impregnates it.
3. criminal (adj)l: describing certain acts or people involved in or relating to a crime. Examples of uses include “criminal taking,” “criminal conspiracy,” a “criminal gang.”
4. criminal law (n): statutes dealing with crimes against the public and members of the public, with penalties and all the procedures connected with charging, trying, sentencing and imprisoning defendants convicted of crimes.
S: 1. OED – http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=criminal (last access: 16 November 2014). 2. http://www.defensesociale.org/revista2003/12.pdf (last access: 16 November 2014). 3 & 4. LAW.COM – http://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=406 (last access: 16 November 2014).
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RC: war crime
