Criminal lapses, he's without form (9)
I believe the answer is:
shapeless
'without form' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'criminal lapses he's' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'lapses'+'hes'='lapseshes'
'lapseshes' with letters rearranged gives 'SHAPELESS'.
(Other definitions for shapeless that I've seen before include "unstructured" , "Amorphous" , "unattractive to look at?" , "Lacking definite form" , "Without definite form" .)