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EDITSociology of Crime is an interdisciplinary field of study that focuses on understanding the social and cultural origins of crime and criminal behavior, rather than individual biological or psychological traits, as well as the role of punishment systems within social structures. Sociology of crime does not define crime merely as a violation of criminal law but as a “deviation” from social norms, value judgments, and cultural frameworks. This discipline examines how interpersonal interactions,

Legal sociology, a social science discipline that examines law as a social phenomenon, investigates the origin, function, development of law within social structures, and its reciprocal interactions with other social phenomena. It is a subject of various debates among jurists and sociologists. This discipline accepts that law is not merely a set of abstract rules contained in texts, but a living reality embedded in social life, shaped by it and shaping it in return.Legal sociology studies the ma