Example: Joshua has been getting into a lot of shenanigans and hanging out with some bad influences lately. One night, his new friends decide to go to an abandoned warehouse and spray paint various phrases and pictures on the walls. Joshua comes along and participates. If the police had caught Joshua and his friends in the act, they would be charged with vandalism.

Example: Felicia and Roberta are struggling to pay their bills. One day, they devise a plan to rob an expensive five-star restaurant because they noticed it does not have any security cameras and there is always at least $200 in each cash register and thousands of dollars in the safe. They then find and purchase guns and ski masks and proceed to rob the restaurant. They are successful in receiving their money, but Felicia accidentally pressed the trigger on her gun and shot a witness in the arm. Oddly enough, Felicia and Roberta are able to escape without being caught.

Example: Jack was jealous of his friend Bobby's brand new smart phone. One day, Bobby refused to let Jack copy his math homework. In a fit of rage and jealousy, Jack quickly took Bobby's new phone from his backpack when Bobby got up to turn in his homework. Jack intended to keep it for himself, but when Bobby returned to his desk, he said he saw Jack take his phone and Jack was forced to return it.

Example: Neil makes practically perfect copies of official documents and pieces of artwork. He then sells them on the black market and profits from these deals.

Example: figures with ties to organized crime demand that shop owners pay for their protection to prevent something bad (such as an assault on the shopkeeper or damage to his or her store or goods) from happening.

Example: Lila is a cashier at a local restaurant. She isn't making enough money to pay her bills, so she decides to steal money from the register and make sure that the computer system shows the restaurant should have the same amount of money in the drawer as it does, even after she takes $100. Lila found a way to have the computer say they should have $2,501.94 in the register, even though there would have been $2,601.94 if she ahdn't taken $100 of it.

Example: Danny was a teenager hanging out with a group of people that enjoyed committing crimes. They encouraged him to steal a few small items from a gas station. He ended up leaving the gas station with a pack of gum and two bags of chips. If he got caught, he could be charged with burglary.

Example: Larry is a pyromaniac and the feeling of setting something on fire warms his heart. One night, Larry goes to an abandoned strip mall a few miles out of town and burns it down. Larry committed arson.