Editing Crime (section)

=== Public order crime ===
{{Main|Public-order crime}}
Public order crime is crime that violates a society's norms about what constitutes socially acceptable behavior. Examples of public order crimes include [[gambling]], [[drug-related crime]], [[public intoxication]], [[prostitution]], [[loitering]], [[breach of the peace]], [[Aggressive panhandling|panhandling]], [[vagrancy]], [[street harassment]], [[Noise regulation|excessive noise]], and [[littering]].{{Sfn|Skogan|2012|pp=173–174}} Public order crime is associated with the [[broken windows theory]], which posits that public order crimes increase the likelihood of other types of crime.{{Sfn|Skogan|2012|p=173}} Some public order crimes are considered [[Victimless crime|victimless crimes]] in which no specific victim can be identified.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Wertheimer |first=Alan |date=1977 |title=Victimless Crimes |url=https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/292044 |journal=Ethics |language=en |volume=87 |issue=4 |pages=302–318 |doi=10.1086/292044 |s2cid=222817127 |issn=0014-1704}}</ref> Most nations in the [[Western world]] have moved toward decriminalization of victimless crimes in the modern era.{{Sfn|Tonry|2011|p=3}}

[[Adultery]], [[fornication]], [[blasphemy]], [[apostasy]], and [[Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain|invoking the name of God]] are commonly recognized as crimes in [[theocratic]] societies or those heavily influenced by religion.{{sfn|Roth|2014|p=11}}