Reactions to Deviance

The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder.

A court is a form of tribunal with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties, and carry out the administration of justice.

A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms.

Capital punishment is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.