What is crime?

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what is crime? 
breaking the law
according to Blackburn 1993, what is the definition of crime?
crimes are acts attracting legal punishment. they're offences against the community.
what does crime involve according to the western legal view?
actus reus
mens rea
in the legal western view of what crime involves, what is actus reus?
a voluntary act - the individual is aware of what they're doing
in the legal western view of what crime involves, what is mens rea?
guilty mind - an intention to commit the act

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