In an anarchist society, a crime is an act in which you impose your will upon another person. Murder, rape, assault and slavery would be examples of crimes. Prostitution, drug use, public nudity, downloading songs off the Internet, and any sexual activity between consenting adults would not be considered a crime because it does not involve the violation of anyone else's freedom.

If somebody did commit a murder, presumably the community wouldn't just sit around and do nothing. They would get together and do something about it, and chances are what exactly would happen would vary from community to community. Most likely they would assemble a team of experts who know what they're doing to investigate the crime and determine the causes of the crime. The evidence would be presented to the community, and if there is sufficient evidence to accuse Old Billie of the crime, he would be dealt with according to the situation at hand.

An attempt would be made to find the cause of the crime, its true root causes, and attempt to address that. If the criminal is just crazy, perhaps mental rehabilitation is needed. If he knew what he was doing, perhaps he should have to pay some kind of retribution to the victim's loved ones. It's going to be a sticky situation no matter what, government or no government, because nothing can bring the victim back and make things right again. The best we can do is study cases of murder and try to find out why people kill others so we can prevent the conditions which lead to such situations.

The point is, I guess, that there is no inherent benefit to dealing with such situations in a hierarchical way. Communities can take action democratically and defend themselves from violent criminals without having leaders and followers. What is it that the government will do in the interests of the people but the people themselves will not do in their own interests? Clearly public order and the prevention of unnecessary violence are in the people's best interest; they will not forget this once they achieve a non-hierarchical form of social organization.
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