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Week 3 work_Intro to criminal justice

Week 3 work_Intro  to criminal justice

Q What types of law does this chapter discuss? What purpose does each serve?

Q What is the rule of law? What is its purpose in Western democracies? What does it mean to say that nobody is above the law?What is the purpose of law? What would a society without laws be like?How does the NCVS differ from the UCR/NIBRS? Which program would you regard as more reliable? Why?Describe the history of the National Crime Victimization Survey Program. What do data from the NCVS tell us about crime in the United States today?

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Chapter 3 is titled Criminal Law. It gives an overview of the laws which are generally used and referred to. The two main divisions are statutory law and case law. The laws which we read from the book are called statutory law. It is also called the law of the land. The laws can only be called “codified” only when they have been written in an orderly manner. Penal code on the other hand is the written form of criminal law. Another interesting part is the case law which is a result of the various judicial decisions made over the time.