higher category theory - 2-groups are to crossed modules as 2-categories are to...?

Given a 2-group $mathcal{G}$, you can construct a crossed module $(G,H,t,alpha)$ and vice versa.

Is there something similar you can say for strict 2-categories?

In a personal attempt to understand strict 2-categories, I ended up constructing a speculative conceptual tool (whose validity remains to be seen) that I call the boundary of a 2-morphism. I've written up some raw notes here:

The basic idea is that given morphisms $f,g:xto y$ and a 2-morphism $alpha:fRightarrow g$, we define its boundary as an endomorphism

$$partialalpha:yto y$$

satisfying

$$partialalphacirc f = g.$$

When the source of the 2-morphism is an identity morphism, then we have

$$partialalpha = t(alpha),$$

which seems to relate things well to cross modules when all morphisms are invertible.

I'm curious if there is anything like a crossed module, but where we're not dealing with groups and morphisms are not invertible. What I'm trying to cook up seems like it might be related to such a thing if it exists.

Any thoughts and/or any comments on my notes would be greatly appreciated.

PS: Apologies in advance if my writing is not very clear. I'm not a mathematician, but am trying to teach myself some basic higher category theory.