'''Crime''' is the breach of rules or [[laws]] for which some [[governing]] [[authority]] (via [[mechanisms]] such as police [[power]]) ultimately prescribes a [[conviction]]. [[Individual]] [[human]] [[societies]] may each define crime and crimes [[differently]]. While every crime violates the [[law]], not every violation of the law counts as a crime; for example: breaches of contract and of other civil law may rank as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offence_(law) offences]" or as "infractions". | '''Crime''' is the breach of rules or [[laws]] for which some [[governing]] [[authority]] (via [[mechanisms]] such as police [[power]]) ultimately prescribes a [[conviction]]. [[Individual]] [[human]] [[societies]] may each define crime and crimes [[differently]]. While every crime violates the [[law]], not every violation of the law counts as a crime; for example: breaches of contract and of other civil law may rank as "[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offence_(law) offences]" or as "infractions". |