The difference between illegality and crime

Different definitions: it is illegal for a person who has reached the legal age of responsibility and has the ability to be responsible to commit an act that violates the provisions of legal norms and is at fault and dangerous or harmful to society. Illegal acts can be divided into criminal illegal acts, civil illegal acts and administrative illegal acts according to their nature. Among them, acts that endanger society and violate the criminal law and should be punished are criminal acts. The social harmfulness of behavior is the most essential feature of crime. The illegality and punishability of an act are determined by its social harmfulness, and they are inseparable. If the behavior is obviously minor and harmless, it is not considered a crime. Of course, criminal acts violate criminal law, but illegal acts are not necessarily criminal acts. Administrative violations and civil violations are not equal to criminal acts. They have different legal consequences and cannot be equated. Violation of law refers to an act that violates the existing laws, causes certain harm to society, and is at fault. Illegal acts are divided into general illegal acts and serious illegal acts (that is, criminal acts) according to the seriousness of the circumstances. According to the laws it violates, it can be divided into administrative violations, civil violations, criminal violations and unconstitutional acts. The concept of illegality has broad and narrow meanings. In a broad sense, illegality refers to all acts that violate the existing laws, including general illegal acts and criminal acts. In a narrow sense, illegality refers to a serious violation of the law but does not constitute a crime. What we are discussing here is illegality in a broad sense. The connection between illegality and crime is that crime must be illegal, and illegality is not necessarily a crime. The difference is that the degree of social harm of crime is more serious than that of illegal behavior. Most criminal acts bear criminal responsibility, while illegal acts bear administrative or civil responsibility. There is a difference between illegal behavior and other behaviors. First of all, illegal behavior is different from immoral behavior. Many illegal acts are both criminal and immoral. However, not all illegal acts are immoral. Similarly, some immoral acts do not constitute illegal acts. Secondly, illegal acts are different from legally invalid acts. Of course, an illegal act can't produce the effective result that the perpetrator hoped when he committed the illegal act. However, it cannot be considered that all legally invalid acts are illegal. Although some legally invalid acts have no legal effect, they do not constitute illegality.