IMPRESSION OF THE CRIMINAL ON SOCIETY
There is no human society without crime and implied law, but the definition of the law has changed from time to time and vary from place to place. In early English society i.e. 12 th and 13 th century only acts committed against the state or religion were considered a crime. Thus, treason, rape, and blasphemy were treated as crimes whereas murder was not. The payment of compensation known as ‘bot’ used to wash away the guilt of the wrongdoer and relegated him to a position as if he had done no wrong. There were also some bot-less offenses present in the society that were heinous and were only punishable with death, mutilation, and forfeiture of property by the king. Housebreaking, harboring the outlaws, refusing to serve in the army and breach of peace, etc., were some of the early bot-less offenses which entailed compulsory punishment under the law of the state. We can define law as “laws are the rules which are formed to maintain the peace in the society and laws may vary from soci