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9.6 The Impacts of Civil and Criminal Law

The document is a worksheet focused on understanding the impacts of civil and criminal law. It includes a cloze passage for students to fill in key legal terms related to the legal system, such as 'accused', 'prosecutor', and 'compensation'. The exercise emphasizes the differences between criminal and civil law, especially regarding the treatment of minors and the consequences of criminal actions.

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9.6 The Impacts of Civil and Criminal Law

The document is a worksheet focused on understanding the impacts of civil and criminal law. It includes a cloze passage for students to fill in key legal terms related to the legal system, such as 'accused', 'prosecutor', and 'compensation'. The exercise emphasizes the differences between criminal and civil law, especially regarding the treatment of minors and the consequences of criminal actions.

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TOPIC 9: Law in action

Worksheet 9.4 The impacts of civil and criminal law


Student: ……………………………………………… Class: …….……………. Due date: …….……………….……

Check your understanding of civil and criminal law by completing the following cloze passage.

Fill in the blanks using the following words:

accused charged intended prosecutor minor

criminal imprisonment right community detention

laws compensation police convicted death

fines mens actus civil judge

In our society we have ____________ that protect us by forbidding certain behaviours while also giving us the

____________ to do things such as get married, own a house or attend school.

If you break the law and you are under the age of 18 you can be ____________as a ___________. Children

under the age of ten cannot be _____________ because they are not seen to be mature enough to commit

criminal offences.

In order for a person to be _______________ of a criminal act the ___________________ has to prove that the

accused not only committed the crime (___________ reus), but that he or she ________________ to commit

the crime (_________ rea).

We no longer have the ___________ penalty in Australia; the most severe punishment a __________ can hand

down is ________________________. Less severe penalties include ____________ , weekend ___________

and ______________ service.

If you rob a bank you have committed a crime that is dealt with by the ______________ legal system and the

_______________ will take you to court. However, if a person was injured in the robbery and they wanted

__________________________ for their pain and suffering they could sue you in the _______________ court.

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