ABSTRACT
The end result of either a criminal case or a civil case needs to be effective in some way, or the whole point of the court process would be lost. The two kinds of law have very different aims (see the beginning of this part of the book, page 209), so the outcome is also different.
The aim of criminal law is to punish the offender and prevent a repeat of the crime.
The aim of the civil law is to compensate the victim for harm suffered.
