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    It is not the case that We should not seek to eliminate the concept of crime from our social vocabulary on the grounds that 'crime' entails punishment as the appropriate response.

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    • 1.The claim that 'crime' entails punishment as the appropriate response is false, since we could imagine a system of criminal law without punishment.
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    • 2.To define something as a 'crime' implies that some kind of public, condemnatory response is appropriate, since it defines the act as a wrong that properly concerns the whole community.
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    • 3.That public, condemnatory response could consist in nothing more than a criminal trial and conviction, without any materially burdensome punishment imposed after conviction.
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