Section 28-102 - Purposes; principles of constructionThe general purposes of the provisions governing the definition of offenses are:
(1) To forbid and prevent conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably inflicts or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests;(2) To subject to public control persons whose conduct indicates that they are disposed to commit crimes;(3) To safeguard conduct that is without fault and which is essentially victimless in its effect from condemnation as criminal;(4) To give fair warning of the nature of the conduct declared to constitute an offense; and(5) To differentiate on reasonable grounds between serious and minor offenses.