2. Оffense (a socially dangerous act), the commission of which involves the application of measures to face criminal prosecution. Crimes may be released from the total weight of the offenses on formal grounds (establishing criminal penalties, prohibited by criminal law), as well as on material grounds (high risk to their society, materiality caused by their violations of law and order). Crime in the most general sense is a form of deviant (deviant) behavior. According to NS Tagantsev: