The Limits of the Criminal Sanction

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Crime is a sociopolitical artifact, not a natural phenomenon. We can have as much or as little crime as we please, depending on what we choose to count as criminal.

Herbert L. Packer

The Limits of the Criminal Sanction

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Packer, Herbert L. The Limits of the Criminal Sanction. Stanford University Press, 1968, conclusion.