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 * //Vocabulary //**


 * 1) **Crime **- An action or an instance of negligence that is deemed injurious to the public welfare or morals or to the interests of the state and that is legally prohibited.
 * 2) **Social control **- The enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either by law or by social pressure.
 * 3) **Stigma **- a mark of disgrace or infamy; a stain or reproach, as on one's reputation.
 * 4) **Medicalization of deviance **-The transformation of moral and legal deviance into a medical condition.
 * 5) **Violent crimes **-  any criminal offense, which involves the use of, or even the threat of force or violence.
 * 6) **Retribution- **<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil
 * 7) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">mass murderer **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- kills four or more victims in one location during one period of time that lasts anywhere from a few minutes to a few days
 * 8) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Spree killers- **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> murder victims at two or more locations with no cooling-off interval between the murders
 * 9) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Serial murderers **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">- kill three or more victims, each on separate occasions.