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CriminalizationandDecriminalization-DefinitionOfA"criminal"Sanction
Beforeexaminingthewidevarietyofissuesinvolvedinthechoiceofthecriminalsanction,itisusefultoconsiderwhatitmeanstocallsomethingacrimeand,inparticular,howcriminalprohibitionsdifferfromvariouscivillawsandregulations.Althoughcriminalpenaltiestendtobemoreseverethancivilandregulatoryremedies,perhapsonlythedeathpenaltyisuniquetothecriminallaw.Propertyistakenbytaxation,civilfines,civilforfeitures,andcompensatoryorpunitivedamages;individuallibertymaybedeniedbysuchcivilproceduresasquarantine,involuntarycivilcommitment,andthemilitarydraft.Thus,whatprincipallydistinguishesthecriminalsanctionisitspeculiarstigmatizingquality,evenwhensentenceissuspendedandnospecificpunishmentfollowsconviction.Criminalsanctionshavetraditionallybeenviewedasexpressingsociety'sstrongmoralcondemnationofthedefendant'sbehaviorandits"hatred,fear,orcontemptfortheconvict"(HenryM.Hart,Jr.,p.405).Thisisprobablystilltrue,despitethedilutionof"moral"blamethathasresultedfromthecontinuingexpansionofthecriminallaw.
Aseconddistinguishingfeatureofthecriminallaw,whichfollowsnaturallyfromthespecialstigmaandseveresanctionsthatmaybeimposed,isthestrictprocedureofadjudicationrequired.Asamatterofconstitutionallaw,criminaldefendantsareentitledtoproofbeyondareasonabledoubt,theprivilegeagainstcompelledself-incrimination,andnumerousotherproceduralguarantees.Criminalstatutesmayalsoviolatedueprocessiftheyareundulyvague(CityofChicagov.Morales,527U.S.41(1999)),andtheyaretraditionallyconstruednarrowly,bothasamatterofpublicpolicyandasameanstoavoidunconstitutionalvaguenessproblems.
Athirddistinguishingfeatureofthecriminallaw,whichfollowsinpartfromthefirsttwo,isthatitemploysspecializedagenciesofenforcement:police,prosecutors,criminalcourts,andcorrectionalagenciesfocustheireffortslargelyorentirelyonthecriminallaw.
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