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I have been thinking lately about the purpose of crime. Obviously people get robbed and bad things happen, but what would happen in a society without crime? is

• 45h34jh53k4j 9y ago
  stagnation. without risk there is no progress.
  • SN76477 9y ago
    would you say that without crime humans would be complacent?
• brokenmachine 9y ago
  It's hard when there are so many laws on the books that it's almost impossible to not break one here and there. "Crime" is a very loose term. Things like robbery and assault are obvious but there are a lot of laws out there that have no real "victim", or are enforced only when the powers that be have an inclination to.
• crpatino 9y ago
  Purpose is such a strong word. It implies that someone put it there when it could not have happened on its own, or at least that someone has the power to remove it but decided to forego that option in favor of keeping it around for an ulterior motive. Standard theory says that crime just happens. Every human society has its share of deviants and antisocial types. These people will test the boundaries and break the rules whenever they think they can get away with it. And given that law enforcement is never 100% perfect, yes, it means some of these deviants will hurt other people in order to get something they want without putting any kind of effort to actually earn it. Now, what kind of twisted Lawful!Deviant would want to enable and help the lesser deviants in order to achieve her own selfish goals, and what goals should that be????