The chapter starts off with a case about a 35 year old man named Robert Thompson who was arrested for taking photographs of women body parts during a high school football game in Texas. The police couldn’t take him in without more evidence since he had a business card for pornographic publications until he gave them permission to search his car. Here the police found videos and pictures of young girls. He was then booked for just improper photography. Many argued though whether he should be charged with more. I believe that they should of locked him behind bars because his actions by taking pictures of underage girls at the football game shows his true intentions of what he’s planning on doing next.
Besides of this, the chapter explains that the law can be divided into two categories. The first basic category is civil law which are formal rules that regulate disputes between private parties. Here they are more concerned with issues of personal injury and compensation. Next is criminal law, which formal rules designed to maintain social control. Criminal Law is more complex and is more detailed. Violations of criminal law are considered crimes against society, because they break rules that have been established for the common good of society. To break it down, criminal law is broken up to two types. Substantive criminal law in which law defining the specific behaviors prohibited under the criminal law and procedural law with provies the rules for adjudication of people suspected of violating the law. The chapter further tells the four sources of American Criminal Law (Consitutions, statutes, court decisions, and administrative regulations as well as the limits on criminal law and how the system has changed over time.
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