Who decides what should be criminal? How are such decisions made?
What will be an ideal response?
The decision of what behaviors should be criminal is difficult, because while there is much general agreement in society that some forms of behavior (such as murder, rape, and theft) should be illegal, there is much less agreement about behaviors such as drug use, abortion, gambling, and so on.
According to the consensus perspective, behaviors should be criminalized when members of society generally agree that such laws are necessary. However, a shared consensus is often difficult to achieve, particularly in a multicultural and diverse society like the U.S. The pluralist perspective says that behaviors should be criminalized through a political process only after debate over the appropriate course of action.
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