What are the remedies offered to a crime victim by criminal law? What are the remedies offered to that same victim by civil law? Should alleged crime victims be allowed to

bring a civil suit against an alleged offender who has not been charged with committing a crime? Why or why not?

In terms of communication, information is expressed either as the content of a message or through direct or indirect observation. That which is perceived can be construed as a message in its own right, and in that sense, information is always conveyed as the content of a message.

Information can be encoded into various forms for transmission and interpretation (for example, information may be encoded into a sequence of signs, or transmitted via a signal). It can also be encrypted for safe storage and communication.