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Unique in its topical approach, this best-selling book
examines systems of law, police, courts, and corrections by using more
than 30 different countries to show the diversity in legal systems
around the world. The book's organization helps readers
understand the various ways policing, adjudication, and corrections
systems can be organized and operated. This edition features more
complete coverage of Islamic legal tradition, information on reform in
Japan, more use of primary sources and updated material throughout.
Fully updated to include more information on: The Patriot Act; Sunni
and Shia Muslims; Substantive and procedural law changes for France,
Germany, and Nigeria; Inquisitorial and adversarial systems; Trial under
an inquisitorial proces; Juvenile justice system changes in England,
Wales and China. Gives greater attention to the Islamic legal tradition
and includes detailed descriptions of its key aspects. Reflect
up-to-date events in Japanese criminal justice and covers changes that
have been officially approved, but are not yet fully implemented.
References the actual laws of many countries and provides additional
information supplied by that country’s criminal justice
agency.  Anyone interested in criminal justice across the
world.

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Reviews for Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach (5th Edition):

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Feb 23, 2012

This text was required for my Comparative Justice class. It was interesting reading, comparing the United States legal system with other countries. It's important to understand how other legal systems work so that we can make improvements in our own. Instead of breaking the subject matter down by country its broken down by topic. For example, there is a chapter on juvenile justice and it compares several countries juvenile systems. I ended up doing my term paper on the juvenile system in Saudi This text was required for my Comparative Justice class. It was interesting reading, comparing the United States legal system with other countries. It's important to understand how other legal systems work so that we can make improvements in our own. Instead of breaking the subject matter down by country its broken down by topic. For example, there is a chapter on juvenile justice and it compares several countries juvenile systems. I ended up doing my term paper on the juvenile system in Saudi Arabia. Not pretty. There are other systems that deal with types of legal system (common, civil, socialist, Islamic), types of court proceedings (inquisitorial, adverserial, etc) and a section that discusses the death penalty. There are a ton of interesting boxes throughout with links to extenernal sites with fun and interesting information. I learned a lot from this book and found it to be one of the most enjoyable text book I've had in my major so far. ...more
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Aug 01, 2008

Good way to learn about the criminal justice system in different cultures and countries.

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