What is most important is that the nature of the crime, as well as the social context of crime is acknowledged.

The square of crime is also relevant and important to this paper, because it involves and acknowledges an interaction between police and other agencies of social control, the public, the offender and the victim. Crime rates are generated based on social relationships between each point on the square, which is made up of six groups in total.

The immediate social interaction encompassing both the actors and reactors is also important. This breaks down the components of the four elements of the square and how different agencies act within a crime investigation. The background of the crime, the moral context of why someone participated in criminal behavior, the situation of committing the crime, the detection of the crime, the response of the offender and the response of the victim are...
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