I’ve wondered about how crimes can seemingly be an instantaneous event with no duration, or can be ongoing for a while. Crime as an event. Crime as a state. ;)

I’ve wondered about how crimes can seemingly be an instantaneous event with no duration, or can be ongoing for a while. Crime as an event. Crime as a state. ;) Is it perhaps that by continuing to act on the proceeds from crime, the individual(s) are prolonging or tacking on additional crimes?