Discuss the purposes of criminal law.

o Criminal law has two main functions:
one relates to the legal requirements of society and the other pertains to
o society's need to maintain and promote social values.
The primary legal function of criminal law is to maintain social order by
o protecting citizens from criminal harm. This harm can be to individual's physical safety and properly in addition to harm to society's interests collectively.
Criminal law also has a social function, which includes reflecting the values and
o norms of society as well as teaching social boundaries.

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