All proper (proprietary) behavior, and therefore all moral behavior, recognizes and respect the rights of owners over their properties.

All improper (boundary-violating) behavior and hence all immoral and criminal behavior is a kind of claim-jump, and introduces a conflict over the rightful control of a property.

Later we shall further examine crime in the context of what it means to the principles of liberty and freedom. 

For now, suffice it to say that a crime occurs not because of what happens to a piece of property, but because of what happens to the owner of a piece of property when his will is thwarted or infringed upon with respect to something he or she owns.