"by criminalizing" is a grammatically correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation in which something has been made illegal or an action punishable by law. For example: "The government has taken a tough stance on drug use by criminalizing recreational use of marijuana."
Some theorists argue that we can also justify the 'inexcusably' limit in instrumental terms (e.g. Braithwaite & Pettit 1990): that the criminal law's goals are not efficiently served by criminalizing faultless or excusable conduct.
The Ferguson criminal justice system supplemented an inadequate tax system by criminalizing quality of life infractions, over-policing, over-fining, and ultimately incarcerating the poor and overwhelming African-American part of the Ferguson community.
India's leaders have sought to cope, for example, by criminalizing neglect of one's parents.
India's leaders try to cope by criminalizing neglect of one's parents.
It also seeks to create a new enforcement mechanism by criminalizing the processing of payments for Internet gambling.
An inevitable result is that the public will react by criminalizing children as drug abusers — a classic case of blaming the victim.
But the Tutsi-dominated government teaches that there are no Hutus or Tutsis, only united, patriotic Rwandans, part of a reconciliation policy enforced by laws criminalizing certain kinds of speech to the contrary.
In 2001, they made law what was basically already in practice (there and in most other European countries) by not criminalizing personal drug use.
Who benefits from a controversial and secretive industry being singled out for special protection by laws criminalizing otherwise perfectly legal activity?
If we continue to kick the can down the road by merely criminalizing the poor and homeless, we will only increase the financial and human capital costs for future generations.
In Zambia, efforts to include men who have sex with men in HIV testing and treatment programs and efforts to introduce condoms and other harm reduction measures in prison are seriously hindered by laws criminalizing consensual homosexual conduct among adults.
