Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

With the progress of modernization and globalization, some of the institutional features of modern criminal justice systems are expanding in the countries of the non-West. The progress of modernization, however, is creating many cultural debates and disputes with respect to the definition of crime and criminal law, the rights of criminal offenders, the process of trial and adjudications, the nature of punishment, and transparency and accountability in the delivery of justices. Written for the undergraduate comparative criminal justice course, this text combines theoretical and methodological issues of comparison with historical and cultural analysis of crime and criminal justice in disparate groups of countries and regions.

PartI Comparative Criminal Justice: Theory, Methods, and Benchmarks of Comparison
Chapter1 Comparative Criminal Justice: Nature, Scope, and Research Traditions
Chapter2 Comparative Criminal Justice: Theoretical Perspectives
Chapter3 Comparative Criminal Justice: Methodological Perspectives
Chapter4 Profile of Modern Criminal Justice: The Benchmarks of Comparison
PartII Competing Models of Criminal Justice: Profiles of Criminal Justice Across the World's Societies
Chapter5 Modern Systems of Criminal Justice in the West: North America and the Countries of the European Union
Chapter6 Emerging Trends in Law and Sentencing in Modern Criminal Justice Systems: USA, UK, Canada, and Australia
Chapter7 Modernizing Systems of Criminal Justice in Asia, Africa, and Latin America: The First Wave of Modernization
Chapter8 Modernizing Systems of Criminal Justice in Asia, Africa, and Latin America: The Second Wave of Modernization
Chapter9 The Traditional Systems of Criminal Justice: Islamic Jurisprudence and Shari'a Law
Chapter10 Islamic Jurisprudence, Shari'a Law, and Criminal Justice in Saudi Arabia and Iran
Chapter11 Hybrid Systems of Criminal Justice: The Case of the People's Republic of China
Chapter12 Hybrid Systems of Criminal Justice: The Case of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan