Crime is sometimes regarded as social when it presents a conscious challenge to a prevailing social order and its values. Example cited by Marxist historians include forms of popular action and popular customs in early mordern England (including poaching, wood theft, food riots and smuggling which were criminalized by the ruling class, but were not regarded as blameworthy, either by those committing them, or by the communities from which they came. The concept is contraversial but des point to the fact that there may not be consensus as to which consitutes a criminal act.
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