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If you get an answer to this question please message me with what it was. I've been in law enforcement for 30+ years and know of no such offense. It would be double jeapordy, which is prohibited. Yes.Intentional torts such as fraud, invasion of privacy, false imprisonment may also be crimes.tort-a civil wrong committed against a person or property, excludding breach of contract.intentional-when a person intentionally harms another.I was stuck on the same question in my law and ethics for medical careers and finially found it.

AnswerFinding someone criminally guilty of a crime, and civilly liable to the victim of the crime does not violate double jeopardy. Criminal law serves only to punish the wrongdoer, and to protect society as a whole, by deterring future unlawful conduct.

Civil law, on the other hand, is meant to compensate the individual victims of wrongdoing for the harm they suffered. In a civil lawsuit (filed by the actual victim of wrongdoing against the alleged perpetrator), there is no possibility of criminal liability - the defendant can be made to pay the victim, but they can't be sent to jail.

In a criminal trial, on the other hand, the defendant can be sent to jail, and a criminal court doesn't concern itself with directly compensating the victim - they're concerned more with punishing the criminal, and protecting society as a whole.

Because civil and criminal law serve completely different purposes, and have different rules and standards of proof, a person can be subjected to both a civil and criminal trial for the same act, without violating double jeopardy.

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