Defining Crime explores the limitations of the legal definition of crime, how that politically based definition has shaped criminological research, and why criminologists must redefine crime to include scientific objectivity.

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.