Se dice que la tentativa está presente cuando, con el objetivo de cometer un delito, ha comenzado alguien su ejecución por medios apropiados pero no se consuma por causas ajenas a su voluntad. Los delitos imperfectos se caracterizan y se diferencian por la parte subjetiva. Ej. Alguien dispara contra la víctima y le causa una herida, ¿cómo se sabe si es homicidio frustrado o lesión? Ya que objetivamente es lo mismo. La diferencia radica en la intención del autor, ésta intención va a ser la que permita diferenciar el delito y por ello es la parte central de los delitos de imperfecta realización. Esto sin embargo no quiere decir que en estos delitos no haya una parte objetivo, si la hay.

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Attempt in criminal law is an offence that occurs when a person comes dangerously close to carrying out a criminal act, and intends to commit the act, but does not in fact commit it. The person may have carried out all the necessary steps (or thought they had) but still failed, or the attempt may have been abandoned or prevented at a late stage. The attempt must have gone beyond mere planning or preparation, and is distinct from other inchoate offenses such as conspiracy to commit a crime or solicitation of a crime. There are many specific crimes of attempt, such as attempted murder, which may vary by jurisdiction. Punishment is often less severe than would be the case if the attempted crime had been carried out. Abandonment of the attempt may constitute a not guilty defence, depending partly on the extent to which the attempt was abandoned freely and voluntarily. Early common law did not punish attempts; the law of attempt was not recognised by common law until the case of b. Rex v. Scofield in 1784. The essence of the crime of attempt in legal terms is that the defendant has failed to commit the actus reus (the Latin term for the "guilty act") of the full offense, but has the direct and specific intent to commit that full offense. The normal rule for establishing criminal liability is to prove an actus reus accompanied by a mens rea ("guilty mind") at the relevant time (see concurrence and strict liability offenses as the exception to the rule).

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