Criminal Law Questions

the principle that statutes violate due process if they don't define a crime and its punishment clearly enough for ordinary people to know what is lawful

aims to prevent future crimes by changing individual offenders so that they want to play by the rules and won't commit any more crimes in the future

punishment is only a means to a greater good, usually the prevention or at least the reduction of future crime (recidivism)

aims to reduce crime by the threat of punishment to convince criminal wannabes in the general population to not commit a crime in the future

prevents convicted criminals from committing future crimes by locking them up, or more rarely, by altering them surgically or executing them

inflicting on offenders physical and psychological pain ("hard treatment") so that they can pay for their crimes (you are capable of choosing between right and wrong, free will)

the use of punishment to prevent or reduce future crimes

intentionally inflicting pain or other unpleasant consequences on another person

this depends on culpability, only those who deserve punishment ought to receive it

only someone who intends to harm her victim deserves punishment; accidents don't qualify

an eighteenth-century English philosopher and law reformer, promoted deterrence

aims to reduce crime by inflicting the actual punishment to convince offenders not to commit crimes in the future

offenses that are crimes only because a specific statute or ordinance prohibits them

create criminal law by interpreting state and municipal criminal codes

written definitions of crimes and punishment enacted by legislatures and published

"conduct that unjustifiably and inexcusably inflicts or threatens substantial harm to individual or public interests

appointed participants in creating criminal law that assist the U.S. Congress

proposed criminal code drafted by the American Law Institute and used to reform criminal codes

damages recovered by tort plaintiffs for their actual injuries (prove/be able to show)

criminal law created by city and town councils elected by city residents