Nature of a crime Definition : According to Blackstone’s, Crime is defined as a violation of public rights and duties due to the whole community, considered as a community. Blackstone does not intend to suggest that crimes violates no other rights besides public ones, obviously every theft violates some private right of property. It can be expressed more clearly as “A crime is a violation of a right, considered in reference to the evil tendency of such violation as regards the community at large.” Tort and Crime : Crime in the primitive state : Crimes the creation of Government policy : Distinction between Crime and other wrongs under common Law : Crime and morality distinction : Circumstances when morality amounts to crime : State’s responsibility to detect, control and punish crime : Characteristics of a crime Harm Brought about by Human Conduct Sovereign state desires to prevent it Measure for prevention includes threat of Punishment Special proceeding...