Criminal behaviour is any act that violates the law, but it varies widely. Farr and Gibbons (1990) identified seven types, including propety predatory (e.g. burglary), property fraudulent (e.g. fraud), interpersonal violence (e.g. assault, rape), transactional vice (e.g. prostitution), order disruption (e.g. rioting), and folk/mundane crime (e.g. fishing without a license). The ONS categorises crime into victim-based (e.g. theft, murder) and crimes against society (e.g. drug offences). Muncie and McLaughlin (1996) argued that most people commit minor crimes, blurring lines between "criminal" and "law-abiding." Definitions vary across cultures and history (e.g. homosexuality), making research difficult due to the diversity and context-dependency of criminal behaviour.
