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Posts Tagged criminal justice system
About Criminal Laws- The Penal Laws
Criminal laws are also called penal laws. Criminal law is the body of statutory and common law dealing with crime and the legal punishment of legal offenses based on the four theories of criminal justice system, namely, punishment, deterrence, incapacitation and rehabilitation. All this imposition of sanctions about the crime is to achieve justice and a peaceable social order.
The objective of criminal law is to exert social control. It aims at discouraging behavior that is detrimental to the well being of the society as well as behavior that challenge the government’s authority and legitimacy.
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Catching Copy Cat Criminals and Criminal Law Considered
It is really unfortunate when horrific crimes are committed and end up on the news. The authorities have to work very hard to catch the criminals fast so it will not happen again. And yet each time they broadcast the investigation or crime it gives ideas to copycat criminals. The copycat-criminal may not be as smart as the original evildoer or bad guy, and although they may be caught easier; that only means that the original culprit is still at large.
District Attorneys work very hard to make an example of these sorts of menaces to society and put them away for long periods of time. Sometimes law-enforcement pushes the envelope and tries to pin crimes on the copycats or even when they didn’t do all of the crimes. The district attorney gets credit for prosecuting someone, the sheriff gets credit for catching them, the detectives get credit for good detective work, and the judge also gets credit and will perhaps be reelected or reappointed to the bench.
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