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Criminal law (also known as penal law) is the body of statutory and common law that deals with crime and the legal punishment of criminal offenses.
There are four theories of criminal justice:
punishment, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation.
It is believed that imposing sanctions for the crime, society can achieve justice and a peaceable social order. This differs from civil law in that civil actions are disputes between two parties that are not of significant public concern.
Some of the areas we cover are:
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