Crimes generally involve a mens rea and actus reus — a guilty mind and a guilty act. For example, battery is the intentional touching of a person, either agains

Crimes generally involve a mens rea and actus reus — a guilty mind and a guilty act. For example, battery is the intentional touching of a person, either against their will or to cause them harm. If it weren’t like that, then every time one person bumped another in the street it would be a crime.