CRJU110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Paroxetine, Slender Man Stabbing, Irresistible Impulse

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJU110
• Professor: Lana Harrison

Document Summary

Civil law- law regulating the relationships between or among individuals, usually involving property, contracts, or business disputes. Criminal law: substantive criminal law (the penal code)- defines acts that are subject to punishment and specifies the punishments for such offenses. Federal, state, and local legislators (elected) decide what behavior is deemed illegal and how it shall be punished: procedural criminal law- defines the rules and procedures that criminal justice must follow in enforcement, adjudication, and corrections. Each state and the federal government define crimes differently, but typically offenses are broken down into one of three categories: felonies. Serious crime for which punishment can be incarceration for year or more in prison: misdemeanors. Punishment can be year or less in country jail or probation: civil infractions. Punishable only by fines and do not result in arrest or criminal record. Model penal code: code produced by american law institute to organize and standardize definitions of crimes, ma(cid:374)(cid:455) states adopted i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1010)(cid:1004)"s a(cid:374)d (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1011)(cid:1004)"s.