the assailant. The court may, upon hearing the case, order the assailant to pay the victim financial compensation for any and all injuries sustained during the attack (Reid, 2003).
The criminal law system comes into play as well in this case, defining the attack as a crime. The assailant has violated a statute that defines and prohibits the crime of assault. Assault is understood in the criminal law as an attempt to commit a violent injury on another. The assailant has also committed a batter understood as the commission of an intentional act resulting in injury to another.
At this juncture, said Reid (2003), the state steps in and elects to prosecute the assailant. Assuming that the victim cooperates and that the assailant has been identified and arrested, the case will come before the criminal court in the jurisdiction in which the crime occurred. The case will be prosecuted by an attorney paid by the state. The assailant or the accused will be represented
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