I am just wanting to know what criminal law is and what the schooling is
2007-02-13 03:14:40 · 2 answers · asked by leanna0263 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
When you do something that gets you in trouble with the police, that's "criminal law."
Basically, your government has laws meant to protect the citizens from certain acts against them. If you break one of these laws, not only are you hurting that person you committed a crime against, you're also considered to have hurt society in general. So, society punishes you (through jail, or whatever).
To get in that field, there are many options. You can be police officers, work for the court as an investigator, probation officer, etc. Lawyers and judges are a popular goal to become for people. To be a lawyer, you have to graduate with a bachelors and then go on to law school.
2007-02-13 04:57:53 · answer #1 · answered by Linkin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Criminal law is a subject that is taken in a law degree and consists of inter alia, the definitions of crimes and what constitutes crimes. In other words it tells us what crimes are.
2007-02-13 11:24:46 · answer #2 · answered by sexy j 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋