M. Lynch & P. Stretesky 
Defining Crime [PDF ebook] 
A Critique of the Concept and Its Implication

1. Concerning the Definition of Crime 2. Let’s Think About Crime 3. What is Crime? 4. Crime and Science 5. Crime and the Individual 6. Crime, the Concept versus Its Measurement as a Violation of the Criminal Law 7. Framing a Definition of Crime: Toward the Crime Definition 1.0 8. Concerns with the Explanation of Crime 9. Conclusion

Michael J. Lynch is Professor of Criminology and Associated Faculty Member in the Patel School of Global Sustainability at the University of South Florida, USA.
 
Paul B. Stretesky is Professor of Criminology at Northumbria University, UK.
 
Michael A. Long is Senior Lecturer at Northumbria University, UK.