People who are found to have violated the criminal law-whether by admitting their guilt or by jury trial-can be punished by fines, imprisonment, probation and community service.
When society and its government conclude that an act may endanger citizens or harm the interests of the whole society, it constitutes a crime and should be punished in the form of fines or imprisonment. The legislatures of the federal government, the state government and the local government establish the legal basis for most criminal acts according to the jurisdiction violated by the incident. Anyone who violates the criminal law, whether voluntarily confessing or being convicted by the court, will be punished in the following forms: fine and imprisonment.
The criminal law "system" includes the whole criminal procedure itself-from investigation and arrest to conviction and sentencing-and the people who play a role in this process: defendants, police, prosecutors, criminal defense lawyers, judges, witnesses, probation officers and prison guards.
The criminal law system revolves around the whole criminal process, from reconnaissance to arrest, conviction and execution. People involved in this process are: defendants, police, prosecutors, defense lawyers, judges, witnesses, probation officers and prison guards.