Crime as Social Control

Although it is the illegitimacy and social harmfulness of crime that we are usually concerned with,crime is actually retaliation to previous violation in a broader historical context.Results of many sociological studies show that criminals,according to criminal law,are victims in many cases,whether in the past or at present time.Criminal behavior is self-help to previous complaint and response to deviant behavior,therefore it becomes a kind of social control.Crime could be forecasted and interpreted by analyzing this kind of self-help according to a given theory.