Aristotle (350 BC) quoted in Jowett (2009) states that: “Poverty is the mother of revolution and crime. Great philosophers like Aristotle helped lay the foundations of what we now call “crime,” demonstrating that even in 350 BC, definitions of “crime” came from what was initially called “poverty.” crime' comes from the Labor Government (2007) quoted in Muncie, Talbot and Walters (2010) “Labour Government 'Respect' website 2007 Crime is doing something prohibited by law. This could mean theft of a cell phone, vandalism, graffiti, robbery, theft, or taking and selling drugs” (Muncie, Talbot, & Walters, 2010, p. 3). This definition of crime is largely centered on the idea of ​​what criminologists would classify as "street crimes", crimes that are generally committed by the poorest people in society, by young people who come from working-class areas. However, this definition of “street crimes” omits crimes committed in “invisible spaces” and tends to focus more on: domestic abuse, gender abuse and human trafficking, and the “invisible crimes” committed by the world's powerful elites. These crimes tend to focus on white-collar crimes, environmental pollution, and illegal gun trafficking, among others. This definition of crime omits potentially more harmful behaviors, which could cause greater pain or loss (Muncie, Talbot, & Walters, 2010, p. 3). Although we have a general definition of crime, some criminologists argue that crimes are better positioned within the concept of social harm, Stuart Henry and Mark Lanier (1998) as cited in Muncie, Talbot and Walters (2010). pp 16-17 were prominent authors who did just that. Criminologists like “Tifft, 1995 an...... middle of paper ......ns was a very difficult procedure. Social harm helps enable the development of policies and procedures that recognize the role of governments and others in the perpetration of crime. Works Cited Jowett, B. (2009) 'Politics by Aristotle, 350 BCE', Classics, 2009 [On -line], http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.2.two.html (accessed on 9 December 2013). Muncie, J., Talbot, D. and Walters, R. Crime: Local and Global, William Publishing, (Devon). P. 3.Muncie J, Talbot D and Walters R, (2010) 'interrogating crime' Crime: Local and Global, William Publishing, (Devon). The Open University. pp. 16-17. Muncie J, Talbot D and Walters R, (2010), Crime Local and Global, William Publishing, (Devon). P. 18.Hilliyard and Tombs (2007) in Muncie J, Talbot D and Walters R, (2010), Crime Local and Global, William Publishing, (Devon). page. 18-19.