Criminal justice is an extensive discipline that encompasses the laws, procedures and agencies responsible for defining criminal behavior and holding criminals accountable. Professionals in this ...

Criminal law relates to wrongs committed against the public. If a state or federal government prohibits a certain type of behavior and the laws prohibiting that misconduct are violated, an agent ...

Criminal cases generally begin with the filing of formal charges against a defendant. A complaint is not required in many jurisdictions. The filing of charges is known as the opening of a criminal ...

It critiques presidents' penal law past Prison Reimagined: Presidential Portrait Project is on exhibit at President Lincoln's Cottage in Washington. The work of incarcerated artists challenges U.S ...