A victimless crime is one in which the victim is the accused.
In common usage, victimless crime refers to behavior that is illegal but does not violate or threaten the rights of anyone and may be associated with the implication that the behavior should therefore not be illegal.
Victimless crime can also mean an offense which is deemed to be wrong (perhaps ethically or morally), yet does not affect anyone.
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A victimlesscrime is behavior which is forbidden by law, but which does not directly harm nor violate the rights of any specific person, though it may harm society as a whole according to the government.
Many advocates for the removal of victimlesscrimelaws believe in the inherent freedom of individuals, and do not believe the government should be allowed to regulate actions of people unless those actions impede on the rights of others.
Sexually-related crimes frequently appear to belong to this kind of legislation and in fact they are in some cases prosecuted only if from the fact a public scandal is effectively originated; in these cases the avoidance of scandals might then be the goal of the law.
Most of these victimlesscrimes differ wildly among cultures, examples might be the consumption of hashish and alcohol in the western society compared to the Islamic society, or prostitution now and by the times of the ancient in greek.
These victimlesscrimes must therefore be a product of culture, and not a measure to insure health or protection of the subject from itself.
When deciding what is victimlesscrime or not, it must be clear that such "secondary" crimes are a result of the outlawing of such actions and are not to be confused with the actual consequences.
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