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A typical ____ definition of crime is "an intentional violation of the criminal law or penal code, committed without defense or excuse and penalized by the state."

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Answer: Legal.

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Under a legal perspective, crimes are determined and punished by the common law, whereas a social definition of crime would say is a practice that breaks social norms.

Determining a proper interpretation of crime may be difficult because there's a lot of malicious actions that are not established as crimes, and many less threatening behaviors that are.

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