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Steps to Reconciliation

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While most generally do not desire or seek it, conflict occurs between people. Some conflicts may arise more or less unintentionally, yet many stem from willful wrongdoing. Crime is one particular kind of wrongdoing. Though it involves breaking a law, crime fundamentally consists of conflict between people, resulting in material or nonmaterial harm. Crime disrupts and damages people and relationships

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