Why can victims of a crime bring civil actions in civil courts to seek compensation from the offender?

a. Because, at criminal trial, a civil case can be heard simultaneously by the judge or jury.
b. Because the constitution protects citizens from civil and criminal wrongs equally.
c. Because there is no real distinction in the United States between criminal law and civil law.
d. Because the same action that was a violation of the criminal law can also be a civil wrong.​