Misdemeanor Vs Felony

Reasons that a legislative body might designate specific conduct in short term is to protect the public. Some examples are protection of public health, morality, the privacy of individuals and also to maintain public order. Some reasons that a legislative body might not designate specific conduct as criminal are the conduct would not be politically popular, economically possible and it is constitutionally protected.

What are the differences and similarities between a misdemeanor and a felony in Ohio?
Misdemeanors and felonies are similar in these ways: they both have broken the law and there will be some type of punishment. However felonies are more serious of a crime than a misdemeanor. Examples of felonies are murder, aggravated robbery
Civil law deals with disputes between private parties. Criminal law deals with crimes committed against the government and society. The goal for civil law is compensation. The goal for criminal law is to keep stability in the state and society and punishing offenders and deterring people from offending/committing crimes. Civil law punishes by compensation but criminal law is usually punished by jail time and fines. The standard of proof for criminal law is beyond a reasonable doubt and the burden of proving the defendant’s guilt is on the prosecution. The standard of proof for civil law is preponderance of evidence and the burden of proof is on the plaintiff. In criminal law cases a defendant is entitled to attorney if they can not afford one but civil cases you do not have this right and have to pay. The similarities between civil and criminal law could also be the fact that a crime has been committed and there will be
Also, the person has no drive to commit a crime and the person has morals and believes in obeying the law. Some reasons why a person would commit a crime are peer presure, skill and the belief that they will not get caught. Factors that would more likely have a bigger effect on the decision to commit a crime are the person's skill, morals, outlook of authority figures, and whether they think they can get away with the crime. I say these factors because if the person is not skilled in committing crimes they might be hesitant. If the person does not have skill they will more than likely be afraid of getting caught. Morals makes a big affect on whether someone will commit a crime because having morals in my opinion means you know right from wrong and if you know something is wrong you will not be able to bring yourself to commit that crime. Someone without morals does not care about the right and wrong they only care about the benefit for themselves. Although outlook of authority figures was not in the chapter whether you respect what authority figures(Police Officers) do can make a big impact on your decisions. Some might commit crimes because they “hate” the Police.

The criminal and civil law are only two ways of addressing wrongdoing. List other less formal ways that society relies on to govern our behavior, such as peer pressure, expectations of family members, school