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imeandsi
mil
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Cr
imei
sahumanbehav
iort
hathascapt
ivat
edt
het
hought
sofschol
arsofv
ari
ous
di
sci
pli
nest
hroughouthi
stor
y.Phi
l
osopher
s,soci
ologi
sts,psy
chol
ogi
stsand ot
her
s
hav
einv
est
igat
edandanal
yzedt
heconceptofcr
imef
rom di
ff
erentaspect
s.Cr
imei
s
t
hemai
ntopi
cofcr
imi
nall
aw,andi
nit
slegalmeani
ngi
sawel
l
-knownt
erm wi
tha
cer
tai
nconcept
uall
oadt
hatshoul
dnotbeconf
usedwi
thsi
mil
arconcept
ssuchasgui
l
t,
ci
vi
lcr
ime(
quasit
ort
),andpar
ti
cul
arl
y,t
hedi
sci
pli
nar
ytr
ansgr
essi
on.Al
thoughcr
ime
hascommonpoi
ntswi
thal
ltheabov
e,i
tisani
ndependentconceptwi
thuni
queef
fect
s,
f
eat
ures,anddescr
ipt
ionst
hatdi
sti
ngui
shi
tfr
om si
mil
aract
s.Thi
sar
ti
cleai
mst
o
det
ermi
ne t
he di
ff
erence bet
ween t
he concept
s ofcr
ime,gui
l
t,ci
vi
lcr
ime and
di
sci
pli
nar
ytr
ansgr
essi
on t
hrough enumer
ati
on oft
he r
elat
ed i
ssues as wel
las
exampl
es of medi
cal di
sci
pli
nar
y cr
imes and t
ransgr
essi
ons. I
dent
if
ying and
di
sti
ngui
shi
ngt
heseconcept
scani
mpr
ovet
hepr
ocedur
eofpr
osecut
ingcr
imesand
di
sci
pli
nar
ytr
ansgr
essi
on,br
ing puni
shmentt
o cr
imi
nal
s and t
ransgr
essor
s,and
f
aci
l
itat
ecompensat
ionofpecuni
aryandnon-
pecuni
aryl
ossesduet
ocommi
tt
ers’
faul
t
orf
ail
ure.Thuswemayav
oidt
aki
ngawr
ongr
out
ethatcanl
eadt
oinf
ri
ngementof
i
ndi
vi
dual
s’r
ight
s.

KeyWor
ds:Cr
imi
nalconduct
,Ci
vi
lcr
ime,Di
sci
pli
nar
ytr
ansgr
essi
on,Gui
l
t,Cr
imi
nal
r
esponsi
bil
i
ty,
Civ
ilr
esponsi
bil
i
ty.

Resear
chObj
ect
ive

Toexami
neandanal
ysi
ng,
cri
mesandsi
mil
arconcept
sinmedi
cal
law.

Ref
erences

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tp:
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censes/
by/
3.0/