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The overarching goal of both is to maintain a free society. The more specific goal of Criminal Law is to protect society - so the crown will prosecute because a harm has been done to society. The goal of Civil Law is to protect people from wronging each other. The overarching goal of both is to maintain a free society. The more specific goal of Criminal Law is to protect society - so the crown will prosecute.
The criminal law is there not only to punish and control the offender, but to offer him or her a considerable measure of protection through a genuinely judicial system of punishment and control. These different aspects of the purposes of criminal law will be examined under three heads: protection of the offender, punish- ment, and protection of the community.