{"id":188,"date":"2026-09-20T07:03:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T07:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/?p=188"},"modified":"2026-09-20T13:21:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T13:21:00","slug":"definition-of-crime-and-its-elements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/20\/definition-of-crime-and-its-elements\/","title":{"rendered":"DEFINITION OF CRIME AND ITS ELEMENTS\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CRIME DEFINITION&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Criminologist Paul Tappan defines&nbsp;<strong>crime<\/strong>&nbsp;as \u201can intentional act or omission in violation of criminal law, committed without defense or justification, and sanctioned by the state as a felony or misdemeanor.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>According to legal terms, crime is defined as violation of law which is punishable .Intentional act &#8211; a <em>deliberate physical action<\/em> done with knowledge or intention to cause a particular result.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">          Omission &#8211; <em>failure to act<\/em> when there is a <strong>legal duty to act<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-20-095857-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-20-095857-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-20-095857-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-20-095857-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-20-095857.png 1120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-20-2026-10_05_50-AM-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-20-2026-10_05_50-AM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-20-2026-10_05_50-AM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-20-2026-10_05_50-AM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-20-2026-10_05_50-AM-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/criminologylearninghub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ChatGPT-Image-Sep-20-2026-10_05_50-AM.png 1672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CRIME DEFINITION&nbsp; 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