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Social Definition - Blackburn (1993) defines crimes as “acts attracting
legal punishment…offences against the community”. The social
definition of crime suggests that an act is only labelled as a crime if
society decides the act is criminal.

Legal Definition - In our society it is the legal system that defines a
crime. In our legal system a criminal act must have an: ‘actus
reus’ (guilty act). This is the physical ‘doing’ part of the crime and
committing a guilty act
and a ‘mens rea’ (guilty mind). This is the intention for a crime.

Actual Definition - Crime is any behaviour that breaks the formal laws
of a society and can lead to formal sanctions or punishments, for
example: theft or murder. The definition can differ from time, place,
situation and culture.
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