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CMY3706 Contemporary Criminological Issues
ELABORATED EXAM WITH ACCURATE AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS (2025)
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The US system of law that deals with infractions or
Civil Law concerns between two citizens, not necessarily
between the state and an individual
a system of law concerned with the punishment of
Criminal Law
those who commit crimes.
A violation of criminal law for which some
crime
governmental authority applies formal penalties.
a crime or offense that is less serious than a felony;
Misdemeanor
any minor misbehavior or misconduct
A more serious classification of crime in the United
States that typically involves violence and can range
Felony
in penalty from imprisonment for a year all the way up
to the death penalty:
To seize someone in the name of the law and hold
arrest
against their will, normally done by law enforcement
taking away the freedom of prisoners when they are
imprisonment punished by a court of law; placing someone in prison
or jail as punishment for crime.
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CMY3706 Contemporary Criminological Issues
ELABORATED EXAM WITH ACCURATE AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS (2025)
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Terms in this set (20)
The US system of law that deals with infractions or
Civil Law concerns between two citizens, not necessarily
between the state and an individual
a system of law concerned with the punishment of
Criminal Law
those who commit crimes.
A violation of criminal law for which some
crime
governmental authority applies formal penalties.
a crime or offense that is less serious than a felony;
Misdemeanor
any minor misbehavior or misconduct
A more serious classification of crime in the United
States that typically involves violence and can range
Felony
in penalty from imprisonment for a year all the way up
to the death penalty:
To seize someone in the name of the law and hold
arrest
against their will, normally done by law enforcement
taking away the freedom of prisoners when they are
imprisonment punished by a court of law; placing someone in prison
or jail as punishment for crime.
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