Tort

Is Tort a peer to peer concept in criminal justice?

Citation

By Jeff Vail at http://www.jeffvail.net/2006/12/tort-once-and-future-king.html

"Crime, by its definition, is action against the state by an individual. Tort, on the other hand, is action by one individual that harms another individual. This is the accepted legal definition.

Criminal "justice" is intended to punish the individual for violating the authority of the state, and as such the result is usually to lock up the criminal as an examplary, deterrent, or incapacitating measure. Criminal "justice" has absolutely nothing to do with righting the individual victim of a crime. Our criminal system is intended to strengthen the state--it is a positive feedback loop that supports hierarchy.

Tort, on the other hand (if we ignore the recent and ill-advised jurisprudence involving punative or exemplary damages), is intended to compensate the individual victim for the results of the wrongful act" (http://www.jeffvail.net/2006/12/tort-once-and-future-king.html)