How often you have a Pap smear depends on your age and previous Pap smear results. The latest guidelines from ACOG suggest that: Women in their 20's should have a Pap smear every 3 years. Women in their 30's to 65 years of age should undergo screening every 3-5 years.
criminal law. the branch of law that defines crimes, treats of their nature, and provides for their punishment. A tort tort,in law, the violation of some duty clearly set by law, not by a specific agreement between two parties, as in breach of contract.
The criminal law is there not only to punish and control the offender, but to offer him or her a considerable measure of protection through a genuinely judicial system of punishment and control. These different aspects of the purposes of criminal law will be examined under three heads: protection of the offender, punish- ment, and protection of the community.