Gilbert Law Summaries 
Subtitle: Criminal Law
Publisher: Gilberts Law Summaries
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780159007679
First sentence: A crime is an act or omission prohibited by law for the protection of the public, the violation of which is prosecuted by the state in its own name, and punishable by fine, incarceration, other restrictions upon liberty, or some combination of these.