The Murder Casebook: Classic Accounts of Famous Modern Crimes by Colin Wilson

In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.^[1] The term crime does not, in modern criminal law, have any simple and universally accepted definition,^[2] though statutory definitions have been provided for certain purposes.^[3] 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 and applicable law.^[2] One proposed definition is that a crime or offence (or criminal offence) 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 and punishable by law.^[1][4]

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