Crossword clues for criminalization
criminalization
Wiktionary
alt. The act of making a previously legal activity illegal. n. The act of making a previously legal activity illegal.
WordNet
n. legislation that makes something illegal; "the criminalization of marijuana" [syn: criminalisation] [ant: decriminalization, decriminalization]
Wikipedia
Criminalization or criminalisation, in criminology, is "the process by which behaviors and individuals are transformed into crime and criminals". Previously legal acts may be transformed into crimes by legislation or judicial decision. However, there is usually a formal presumption in the rules of statutory interpretation against the retrospective application of laws and only the use of express words by the legislature may rebut this presumption. The power of judges to make new law and retrospectively criminalise behaviour is also discouraged. In a less overt way, where laws have not been strictly enforced, the acts prohibited by those laws may also undergo de facto criminalisation through more effective or committed legal enforcement.
Usage examples of "criminalization".
We were shocked when he replied that he was not aware of any argument in favor of the legalization of marijuana, except to end the lunacy of criminalization for at worst a minor act.
I think people have the right to be fools, and that the criminalization of things like drugs was proven to be a failure during Prohibition.
The criminalization of marijuana has purposes and motives beyond concern over drugs.
As Hindu and Moslem groups, in addition to various Hindu castes, struggle for power outside the normal machinery of the state, they further invite the criminalization of politics, so India has become increasingly semianarchic.