The difference between illegality and crime is as follows:
1, illegal acts are generally minor, which refers to all acts that violate the national constitution, laws, decrees, administrative regulations and administrative rules and are generally subject to administrative punishment; Criminal behavior is harmful to society, which violates the criminal law and should be punished;
2. Penalties for crimes include public surveillance, criminal detention, fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment, death penalty, fine, confiscation of property and deprivation of political rights.
Criminal responsibility refers to the negative evaluation and condemnation of criminal acts and themselves by national judicial organs according to criminal law. If the law expressly stipulates that it is a criminal act, it shall be convicted and punished according to law; If the law does not clearly stipulate that it is a criminal act, it shall not be convicted and punished. Elements of criminal responsibility:
1, criminal acts, including actions and omissions;
2. Consequences of infringement of criminal legal relations;
3. The subject of the crime is a natural person or unit;
4. Subjectively, the subject of the crime has the intention or negligence of the crime.
China's punishment for criminals can be divided into principal punishment and supplementary punishment. Principal punishments include public surveillance, criminal detention, fixed-term imprisonment, life imprisonment and death penalty. Supplementary punishments include fines, deprivation of political rights and confiscation of property.
Legal basis:
Criminal law of the people's Republic of China
Article 13
All acts that endanger national sovereignty, territorial integrity and security, split the country, subvert the people's democratic dictatorship and the socialist system, disrupt the social and economic order, infringe on state-owned property or property collectively owned by the working people, infringe on citizens' private property, infringe on citizens' personal rights, democratic rights and other rights, and other acts that endanger society are crimes that should be punished according to law, but the circumstances are obviously minor and the harm is not great.
Article 17
A person who has reached the age of 16 commits a crime and shall bear criminal responsibility.
Article 30
Companies, enterprises, institutions, organs and organizations that commit acts that endanger society, which are crimes committed by units according to the law, shall bear criminal responsibility.