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TABLE OF CONTENTSintroduction .....................................................................................................................................3Criminal law ................................................................................................................................3Criminal justice system................................................................................................................3Contemporary examples..............................................................................................................3Application of knowledge in the everyday life experience.........................................................4REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION Law and regulations are important for the ethical conduct of business activities andattitude of people. This aids to promote the equality and sense of security among people orparties. The present report is based on criminal law and criminal justice system which protect theright of society and promote the freedom. The report covers contemporary examples of criminaljustice system along with application of criminal law.Criminal law Criminal law is the law body which deals with the matter of crime in a particular country.In major cases the criminal law is set up through statue which is enacted by the legislature. Itconsists of several kind of punishment provided to people who violate these framed regulationsor laws. However, it is quite different from the civil law and depends on the jurisdiction. Here,the emphasis is laid on punishment of people rather on compensation to victim and resolution ofthe dispute. There are five basic objectives of the criminal law which are accepted by theenforcement of the criminal law. These different from jurisdiction. It consists of the retribution,deterrence, restoration and rehabilitation as well as incapacitation.Criminal justice systemThe criminal justice system deals with the practices related to deterring, social controland mitigation of crime. The major aim of the criminal justice system in the Wales and Englandis to reduce the crime with the introduction of more offenses to justice. This aids to provide thegreater level of confidence among public and secure their right to raise their voice against thecrime. In USA there are different types of court sentence provided for the person at guilty (UScriminal justice system, 2017). It consists of prison sentence, suspended prison and court fine aswell as community sentence. Such kind of practices are used for the protecting the right ofpeople and provide them right kind of environment so as to live freely. Apart from this, judge inUSA considers the need to protect the public, cut crime in future and change the behaviour ofoffender.Contemporary examplesAn example of “HealthSouth accounting scandal”; the largest comprehensiverehabilitative services companies founded conducting unethical financial practices since itsorigin in 80s. Here, the leader Richard Scrushy tried to hide the profitability but was agree to pay

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