Breaking the law is not necessarily a crime, but a crime must be a crime. Illegal behavior and crime are two different concepts that are both related and different.
Illegal behavior refers to all behaviors that violate the national constitution, laws, decrees, administrative regulations and administrative regulations, and its extension is extremely broad. The crime must comply with the provisions of my country's criminal law on crime and have the following characteristics: First, crime is an act that endangers society. The harmfulness of behavior to society is the most essential feature of crime. Second, crime is a violation of criminal law. In other words, behavior that endangers society must also violate the provisions of the criminal law to constitute a crime. Third, a crime must be an act that deserves criminal punishment. Only behavior that harms society should be punished can be considered a crime. The above characteristics are indispensable conditions for the identification of any crime. At the same time, the criminal law also stipulates that if the circumstances are obviously minor and the harm is not great, it will not be considered a crime. This shows that the circumstances of the behavior and the degree of harm to society are the boundaries between illegality and criminality.