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Crime is divided into two general categories. __________ offenses are wrong by their very nature and __________offenses are crimes that are prohibited by law but are not necessarily wrong in themselves.
Mala in se. . . mala prohibita
_Mala prohibita. . . mala in se
Bene in se. . . bene prohibita
_Bene prohibita. . . bene in se
Bene in se. . . mala prohibita
Explanation
"Mala in se. . . mala prohibita" is the correct answer. Mala in se offenses are wrong by their very nature, while mala prohibita offenses are crimes that are prohibited by law but are not necessarily wrong in themselves. These definitions of crime are not fixed and change over time as society's values change. Changes in the definitions of crime may occur when a court decides that the criminalization of specific actions also violate constitutional law.