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The way crime is defined depends on the society and the culture of the people. As you travel around the world, and if you take the pains to understand the crime and law of the place, you would realize that the definition of what is criminal differs. In fact, the whole law and order might be different from that of your country or place.
If you were wondering why this is so, then the reason is that the culture and the practices of the people vary from place to place. What some culture might find tolerable, other might find it inexcusable. The difference is in the fact of how the people perceive things, what they count as wrong or what they count as evil and punishable.
The difference also can exist in the form of the punishment given to the offender. Some places hang the criminals for very serious crimes while others have removed the practice of hanging from their law and order. Some countries can behead you for a serious crime, others have stoning while some can reject the idea of such punishments.
Hence, crime can be thought of as something that can be more place oriented or culture oriented. Some cultures have murder as a part of their culture while most perceive it as a grave crime. All these are a way of showing the way you have been brought up and to what culture you belong to. What you can do is to try and adapt to the culture of the place you stay at so that you don’t offend anybody in any way or commit a crime.
