The crime conversion is a widespread and existent phenomenon in criminal law. And the converted crime was initiated by Chinese scholars as the notional category of criminal law.

犯罪转化是普遍存在的法律现象，而转化犯这一概念则是我国刑法学者的首创。

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The future of the category B prison had been under review with its conversion thought to be one of the favoured options.

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