Federal Criminal Law
Information on the federal criminal law in the U.S. as well as it's characteristics in certain states like California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Colorado.
Criminal Law or Penal Law is a set of laws that are implemented when certain act is judged as a crime.
After a crime is committed it calls for legal punishment and Criminal law is that body of laws which governs it. A suit is introduced by the state via a prosecutor in case of a criminal offense.
When a person is found guilty of the crime, the person may be fined, imprisoned or even both. Crimes such as homicide, traffic violations or crimes related with drugs.
Now moving to the definition of crime, it is the "act or omission (of an act) in violation of a public law forbidding or commanding it." There are 4 types of criminal justice in the criminal law, namely:
Punishment, Incapacitation, Deterrence, Rehabilitation
Criminal law has been there to regulate the actions of the individuals so that they behave in conformity of social norms. When rights for safety have been infringed upon and we have a murder as an offense, criminal laws are imposed. Crimes are distinguished as felonies and misdemeanors and two basic "elements" of crimes are the guilty mind and the guilty act. In cases of juvenile crime the manner which it is approached by the criminal laws are different. It is then an act of delinquency and the state intervenes to rectify it.
Criminal Law is not the same in every state and varies largely. There are various codes that spell out crimes and punishments that would be applicable to "resident foreigners", citizens and also Indian citizens committing crimes in foreign countries.