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Defining and Measuring Crime

Directions Read pages 74-78 through the subsection entitled Felonies and Misdemeanors answer the
questions that follow.
1. Describe the issues at hand that contributed to the passage of Jodis law. (from Too Little, Too Late)
2. Describe the difference between criminal law and civil law.
3. What is a plaintiff? What is a defendant?
4. Where is the burden of proof higher in criminal court or civil court?
5. What is the burden of proof in criminal court?
6. What is the burden of proof in civil court?
7. Define Felonies and describe each level of felony.
8. How are misdemeanors and infractions different from felonies?