Metaphor:CRIME IS A DISEASE

Name Gloss	CRIME IS A DISEASE
Name Transcription
Aliases	CRIME IS A DISEASE CRIMINAL ACTIVITY IS A DISEASE
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Disease Roles:disease, patient, symptom, body_part, infection_process, health_state
Target Frame	Crime Roles:criminal, criminal_activity, victim

Mappings:

criminal_activity	<=	disease

victim	<=	patient

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	CRIME IS A DISEASE
Relation Type	is a target subcase of
Related Metaphor	SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE DISEASES
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	as crime spreads throughout society, social functions more poorly
Source Inference	as disease spreads throughout body, person becomes sicker
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	INCREASE IN CRIME IS SPREAD OF DISEASE

Examples:

Example Text:	Crime has infected communities everywhere.
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Corruption" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Corruption" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Crime" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Crime" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Criminal gun violence" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Criminal_gun_violence" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Drugs" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Drugs" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Punishment" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Punishment" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Theft" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Theft" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n7 [label="Trespassing" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Trespassing" fontsize="10.0" ];

n7 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n8 [label="Harm to living entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Harm_to_living_entity" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n9 [label="Social problems" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Social_problems" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n9 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n10 [label="Legality" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Legality" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n10 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n11 [label="Immoral action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Immoral_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n11 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="CORRUPTION IS A DISEASE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CORRUPTION_IS_A_DISEASE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="CRIME IS A DISEASE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CRIME_IS_A_DISEASE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is in a dual relationship with" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="darkgreen" ]; n3 [label="CRIME IS AN ANIMAL" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CRIME_IS_AN_ANIMAL" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is in some source relation to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n4 [label="INCREASE IN CRIME IS SPREAD OF DISEASE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:INCREASE_IN_CRIME_IS_SPREAD_OF_DISEASE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n5 [label="SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE DISEASES" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_ARE_DISEASES" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n5 [label = "is a target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Cancer" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Cancer" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Disease" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Disease" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Disease spread" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Disease_spread" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Disease treatment" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Disease_treatment" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n5 [label="Physical affliction" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Physical_affliction" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n5 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }