Criminal law

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  • That body of the law that deals with conduct considered so harmful to society as a whole that it is prohibited by statute, prosecuted and punished by the government.
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Abstract from DBPedia
    Criminal law is the body of law that relates to crime. It prescribes conduct perceived as threatening, harmful, or otherwise endangering to the property, health, safety, and moral welfare of people inclusive of one's self. Most criminal law is established by statute, which is to say that the laws are enacted by a legislature. Criminal law includes the punishment and rehabilitation of people who violate such laws. Criminal law varies according to jurisdiction, and differs from civil law, where emphasis is more on dispute resolution and victim compensation, rather than on punishment or rehabilitation. Criminal procedure is a formalized official activity that authenticates the fact of commission of a crime and authorizes punitive or rehabilitative treatment of the offender.

    刑法(けいほう)とは、犯罪とそれに対する刑罰の関係を規定する法である。 「刑法」という語は、前記のような意味(実質的意義)で用いられるほか、そのような内容を定めた法典(刑法典)の題名としても用いられる(形式的意義における刑法)。刑法典は、一般的な犯罪に関わるものとして「普通刑法」ないし「一般刑法」ともよばれる。実質的意義における刑法は、刑法典の内容に限らず、犯罪の成立要件とその犯罪に対して科せられる法律効果としての刑罰の内容を規定した国家的法規範の全てを指し、また、刑罰を補充する制度である保安処分に関する法をも含むこともある。

    (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Criminal_law)