Briefly explain the distinction between substantive law and procedural law.

What will be an ideal response?


Substantive law defines rights and obligations. Procedural law establishes the methods used to enforce legal rights and obligations.

Criminal Justice

You might also like to view...

The text describes visual cues for detecting impaired drivers during the initial observation

stage of phase one. One of these visual cues is described as, "when the vehicle alternately moves toward one side of the roadway and then the other." The correct name for this visual cue is: a. Drifting b. Swerving c. Straddling d. Weaving

Criminal Justice

These theories explain the notion that drug abuse is a consequence of societal ills, such as an imbalance of economic and political power

a. Anomie theories b. Genetic theories c. Behavioral-Moral theories d. Conflict theories

Criminal Justice

The study of food-buying habits where researchers were interested in learning whether people who drank wine ate healthier foods than people who drank beer is a good example of

a. research exhaustiveness b. face validity c. interrater reliability d. split-half method

Criminal Justice

What is Compstat and what are the four areas it emphasizes?

What will be an ideal response?

Criminal Justice