There is now all manner of so-called crimes in which nobody is harmed. From Eric Peters at ericpetersautos.com:
If police concerned themselves exclusively with keeping the peace – that is to say, dealing with people who have caused harm to others or their property – then no one who isn’t a criminal would ever have to deal with them. Would not have any reason to fear them.
As it ought to be.
It’s not as it ought to be, because “offenses” have replaced crimes – and “crimes” now encompass “offenses” against the state.
These range from the petty to the serious. Examples of the former include traffic “violations” – which are considered “offenses.” You are issued a piece of paper demanding money as punishment – for what? For having offended the authority of the state.
The same goes for serious “offenses.”
If the state charges you with a “crime” that is in fact just another offense writ large, the attending paperwork will so describe the facts. The indictment will read: The state of (insert here) vs. John Smith. It is a confession before the proceedings even begin that there is probably no victim; i.e., no human being who has been harmed by the accused.
But the proceedings proceed, regardless.
Peace is a construct of the white male patriarchy.