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Quiz :Law - Answer :That which is laid down, ordained, or established...a body
of rules of action or conduct prescribed by controlling authority, and having
binding legal force." However, not all rules are laws, fewer still are criminal
laws, and not all have "binding legal force
Quiz :Crime - Answer :Any act or omission in violation of penal law,
committed without defense or justification, and made punishable by the state
in a judicial proceeding
Quiz :Criminal Law - Answer :The body of rules and regulations that defines
and specifies punishments for offenses of a public nature or for wrongs
committed against the state or society. Also called penal law
Quiz :Criminal - Answer :The human conduct that violated the criminal law
(only)
Quiz :Private Law - Answer :Concerned itself with contracts, personal
possessions, the legal status of various types of persons (citizens, free persons,
slaves, freedom, guardians, husbands, and wives, ans so on), and injuries to
citizens
Quiz :Common Law - Answer :Law originating from use and custom rather
than form written statutes. The term refers to nonstatutory customs,
traditions, and precedents that help guide judicial decision making
THE MAJOR SOURCE OF MODERN CRIMINAL LAW
Quiz :Common Law Tradition - Answer :Legal tradition, having unified set of
laws that were common to all the English
Quiz :Difference Between Civil Law and Common Law - Answer :The common
law tradition is evolutionary in nature. Its change came incrementally, as
courts adapted the law to different facts or social changes. The civil law
tradition, on the other hand, is planned and statutory. Civil law is conceived of
by some authority, is established, and then changes abruptly when the
legislative authority revises the code
, Quiz :Statutes (Public Laws) - Answer :Codification of the common law. Also
known as the laws of legislature. In addition of the Congress of the United
Sates, the legislatures of each state has the authority to define crimes.
Statutes are commonly organized by topics, such as the Code of Criminal Laws.
The vast majority of crimes are defined by state crimes, and more than 90
percent of felonies and serious misdemeanors are prosecuted in state courts
Quiz :Civil Law - Answer :The form of the law that governs relationships
between parties
Quiz :Criminal Procedure - Answer :Defines the process that may be used by
law enforcement, prosecutors, victims, and courts to investigative and
adjudicate criminal cases. As an academic field, criminal procedure also
includes the study of the Constitution's role in the process
Quiz :Felony - Answer :A serious crime, generally one punishable by death or
by incarceration in a state or federal prison facility as opposed to a jail
Quiz :Treason - Answer :The highest crime an individual could commit, and
the only crime mentioned in the constitution
Quiz :Misdemeanors - Answer :Less serious offenses, generally thought of as
punishable by less than a year's incarceration
Quiz :Infractions - Answer :A violation of a state statute or local ordinance
punishable by a fine or other penalty, but not by incarceration. Also called
Summary Offense
Quiz :Inchiate - Answer :"partial" or "unfinished". Applied to crimes like
conspiracy to commit a criminal act, solicitation of others to engage in criminal
acts, and attempts to commit crimes
Quiz :The Purpose of Law - Answer :(1) Regulate the flow of human
interaction
(2) Law makes for predictability in human events by using the authority of
government to ensure that society agreed-on-standards of behavior will be
followed and enforced. They allow people to plan their lives by guaranteeing a
relative degree of safety to well-intentioned individuals, while constraining the
behavior of those who could unfairly victimize others
, (3) Laws provide a stable foundation for individuals wishing to join together in
a legitimate undertaking by enforcing rights over the control and ownership of
property
(4) Laws also provide for individual freedoms and personal safety by
sanctioning the conduct of anyone who violates the legitimate expectations of
others. Hence the first and most significant purpose of the law can be simply
states: Laws support social order
(5) To many people, a society without laws is unthinkable. Where sucha society
exists, however, it would be doubtless rules by individuals and groups powerful
enough to unsurp control over others. The personal whims of the powerful
would rule, and the less powerful would live in constant fear of attack
Quiz :Functions of Criminal Law - Answer :Protects members if the public from
harm
Preserve and maintain social order
Support fundamental social values
Distinguish criminal wrongs from civil wrongs
Express communal condemnation of criminal behavior
Deter people form criminal activity
Stipulate the degree of seriousness of criminal conduct
Establish criteria for the clear determination of guilt or innocence
Punish those who commit crimes
Rehabilitate offenders
Assuage victims of crime
Quiz :Common Punishments for Criminal Acts - Answer :(1) Monetary Fines:
Applied to felonies, misdemeanors, or infractions
(2) Short-Term Incarceration: Applied to felonies or misdemeanors
(3) Long-Term Incarceration: Applied to felonies
(4) Death Penalty: Applied to some felonies
Quiz :Bill of Rights - Answer :The first ten amendments to the U.S.
Constitution, which were made part of the Constitution in 1791
Quiz :Criminalize - Answer :To make criminal; to declare an act or omission to
be criminal or in violation of a law making it so
Quiz :Local Laws - Answer :In addition to state and federal crimes,
municipalities are often empowered by state law to define and punish crimes,
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