Criminal Law and Its Impact on Society

The enables the government to who are involved in an act of crime. In this context, a crime can be considered as an unlawful act because it violates the principles of the criminal law. In the United States, the principles of the criminal law and associated penalties are established by the state and federal governments, but there are aspects of the criminal law that are discussed in all the states as similar (Allen, 2005; Scheb & Scheb, 2011). These aspects include the tradiitonal principles as actus reus, mens rea, and corpus delicti among others, types of homicides, types of principals, and types of defense, for instance. From this point, the criminal law is an effective tool in order to prescribe the principles of the and to regulate any violations in the area of the law and social stability because the the norms according to which persons are accused of causing harm, killing, or stealing (Cole, Smith, & DeJong, 2013). Therefore, the quality of the criminal law system directly affects the stability, order, and organization in the society because the main purpose of the criminal law is to provide principles of justice according to which it is possible to protect the rights and interests of citizens in the United States.