The text defines crime as:
a. behavior, beliefs, or conditions that are viewed by relatively powerful segments of society to be serious violations of important norms.
b. a violation of a formal statute enacted by a legitimate government.
c. perverted acts defined as such by powerful segments of society.
d. serious violation of consistent moral codes.
B
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