Full Description
Designed to effectively explain the complexities of justice systems around the world, COMPARATIVE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS: A TOPICAL APPROACH, 6/e makes the comparative approach far more understandable and accessible, helping students recognize the growing importance of an international perspective. It organizes key concepts in a sequence that many students will already find familiar, progressing from issues of law to the agencies of police, courts, and corrections. Students will gain a realistic understanding of the many ways policing, adjudication, and corrections systems can be organized and operated. Unlike most competitive books, it contains coverage of more than 30 countries, offering insights into everything from Islamic legal tradition to recent criminal justice reforms in Japan. This edition's improvements include new coverage of the Eastern Asia legal tradition (e.g., China and Japan); Learning Objectives utilizing Bloom's taxonomy phrasing; and more visually appealing images throughout.
Contents
CHAPTER 1Chapter Learning ObjectiveCountries in Focus1. Provincial Benefits of an International Perspective2. Universal Benefits of an International Perspective1. Historical Approach2. Political Approach3. Descriptive ApproachC. STRATEGIES UNDER THE DESCRIPTIVE APPROACH1. The Functions/Procedures Strategy2. The Institutions/Actors StrategyD. COMPARISON THROUGH CLASSIFICATION1. The Need for Classification2. Classification Strategies3. The Role of Classification in This BookSummaryDiscussion QuestionsCHAPTER 2: DOMESTIC CRIME, TRANSNATIONAL CRIME, AND JUSTICEChapter Learning ObjectiveCountries in FocusA. COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE1. Comparative Criminology Looks at Crime as a Social Phenomenon2. Comparative Criminology Looks at Crime as Social BehaviorB. TRANSNATIONAL CRIME1. Transnational Crime Types1. National Efforts: United States of America2. International EffortsSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter Learning ObjectiveCountries in Focus1. Substantive Criminal Law2. Procedural Criminal LawB. LIBERTY, SAFETY, AND FIGHTING TERRORISM1. The USA PATRIOT Act-Substantive and Procedural Law Issues2. Is America's Reaction That Different?SummaryDiscussion QuestionsCHAPTER 4: LEGAL TRADITIONSChapter Learning ObjectiveCountries in FocusA. LEGAL SYSTEMS AND LEGAL TRADITIONSB. TODAY'S FOUR LEGAL TRADITIONS1. Common Legal Tradition2. Civil Legal Tradition3. Islamic (Religious/Philosophical) Legal Tradition4. Eastern Asia (Hybrid) Legal Tradition1. Cultural Component2. Substantive Component3. Procedural ComponentSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter Learning ObjectiveCountries in FocusA. SUBSTANTIVE CRIMINAL LAW1. General Characteristics and Major Principles2. Substantive Law in the Common Legal Tradition3. Substantive Law in the Civil Legal Tradition4. Substantive Law in the Islamic Legal Tradition5. Substantive Law in the Eastern Asia Legal TraditionB. PROCEDURAL CRIMINAL LAW1. Adjudicatory Processes2. Judicial ReviewSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter Learning ObjectiveCountries in Focus1. Centralized Single Systems: Ghana2. Decentralized Single Systems: Japan3. Centralized Multiple Coordinated Systems: France4. Decentralized Multiple Coordinated Systems: Germany5. Centralized Multiple Uncoordinated Systems: Spain6. Decentralized Multiple Uncoordinated Systems: MexicoB. POLICING ISSUES: POLICE MISCONDUCTC. POLICING ISSUES: GLOBAL COOPERATION1. International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO)-Interpol2. Europol3. Examples of Harmonization and Approximation in the European UnionSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter Learning ObjectiveCountries in Focus1. Variation in Legal Training2. Variation in Prosecution3. Variation in DefenseB. THE ADJUDICATORS1. Presumption of Innocence2. Professional Judges3. Lay Judges and Jurors4. Examples along the Adjudication Continuum1. France2. England and Wales3. Nigeria4. China5. Saudi ArabiaSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter Learning ObjectiveCountries in FocusA. COMPARATIVE PENOLOGY1. Typologies for Comparative PenologyB. PUNISHMENT1. Justifications for Punishment2. International Standards for CorrectionsC. FINANCIAL PENALTIES1. Fines2. Compensation to Victims and CommunityD. CORPORAL AND CAPITAL PUNISHMENT1. International Standards2. Corporal Punishment3. Capital PunishmentE. NONCUSTODIAL SANCTIONS1. International Standards2. Community Corrections3. ProbationF. CUSTODIAL SANCTIONS1. International Standards2. Prison Populations3. Prison Systems4. Women in Prison5. Minorities in PrisonSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter Learning ObjectiveCountries in FocusA. DELINQUENCY AS A WORLDWIDE PROBLEM1. Setting International Standards2. Determining Who Are Juveniles3. Determining the Process1. The Welfare Model of New Zealand2. Italy: More Welfare than Justice Model3. China: More Justice than Welfare Model4. The Justice Model of England and WalesSummaryDiscussion QuestionsChapter Learning ObjectiveCountries in FocusA. WHY STUDY JAPAN?1. Japan's Effective Criminal Justice System2. Borrowing in a Cross Cultural ContextB. JAPANESE CULTURAL PATTERNS1. Homogeneity2. Contextualism and Harmony3. Collectivism4. Hierarchies and OrderC. CRIMINAL LAW1. Law by Bureaucratic InformalismD. POLICING1. Why Are the Japanese Police Effective?E. JUDICIARY1. Pretrial Activities2. Court Structure and Trial Options3. JudgmentsF. CORRECTIONS1. Community CorrectionsG. COMING FULL CIRCLEH. WHAT MIGHT WORKSummaryDiscussion Questions
