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*in ‘ordinary language’, a crime is an ‘unlawful act’ punishable by a ‘state’ (or other ‘authority’)*
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(in ‘modern criminal law’, the term “crime” does not have any ‘simple’ nor ‘universally accepted’ definition, though ‘statutory definitions’ have been provided for certain purposes)
(the most popular view is that ‘crime’ is a ‘category’ created by ‘law’)
(‘in other words’, ‘something’ is a ‘crime’ if declared as such by the relevant + applicable law)
(1 proposed definition is that a ‘crime’ or offense (or criminal offense) is an ‘act’ harmful not only to some ‘individual’ but also to a ‘community’, ‘society’, or the ‘state’ (“a public wrong”))
(such acts are ‘forbidden’ + ‘punishable by law’)
(the notion that ‘acts’ such as (‘murder’ / ‘rape’ / ‘theft’) are to be prohibited exists worldwide)
‘murder’ –> ‘violent sexual competition’ between men
‘rape’ –> ‘controlling the male ‘sex drive”
‘theft’ –> ‘protecting ‘property rights”
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(what precisely is a ‘criminal offense’ is defined by ‘criminal law’ of each country)
(while many countries have a “‘catalogue’ of ‘crimes'” (called the ‘criminal code’), in some ‘common law countries’ no such ‘comprehensive statute’ exists)
(the ‘state’ (or ‘government’) has the power to severely restrict one’s ‘liberty’ for committing a ‘crime’)
(in ‘modern societies’, there are procedures to which ‘investigations’ + ‘trials’ must adhere)
(if found ‘guilty’, an ‘offender’ may be sentenced to a form of ‘reparation’ such as a ‘community sentence’…)
(…or (depending on the ‘nature’ of their offense), to undergo ‘imprisonment’, ‘life imprisonment’ or, in some jurisdictions, ‘execution’)
(usually, to be classified as a ‘crime’, the “act of doing something criminal” (actus reus) must – with certain exceptions – be accompanied by the “intention to do something criminal” (mens rea))
(while every ‘crime’ violates the ‘law’, not every ‘violation of the law’ counts as a ‘crime’)
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(breaches of ‘private law’ (‘torts’ + ‘breaches of contract’) are not ‘automatically punished’ by the ‘state’, but can be enforced through ‘civil procedure’)
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