{"id":1220,"date":"2016-05-13T02:09:50","date_gmt":"2016-05-13T02:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/introductiontosociology-waymaker\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=1220"},"modified":"2024-04-25T14:47:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:47:21","slug":"introduction-to-crime-and-the-law","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-introductiontosociology\/chapter\/introduction-to-crime-and-the-law\/","title":{"raw":"Introduction to Crime and The Law","rendered":"Introduction to Crime and The Law"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>What you\u2019ll learn to do: describe the U.S. criminal justice system and types of crimes<\/h2>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5920\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2034\/2016\/05\/26195521\/matthew-ansley-1189637-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Pictured is the hallway of a correctional facility. \" width=\"504\" height=\"323\" \/>\r\n\r\nSanctions (formal, informal, positive, and negative) are applied to control deviance and crime. 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