Tag: Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

What factors bring about these similarities? For instance, why do we have police forces in virtually every place on earth? But are the police in the UK, Portugal  and Indonesia as similar as they sound?

Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

Where do these differences come from? What social, cultural,historical or political factors have been at play in shaping them?

Equally we are frequently struck by the discovery that justice systems in remote areas infact share many similarities with domestic systems.

What factors bring about these similarities? For instance, why do we have police forces in virtually
every place on earth? But are the police in the UK, Portugal  and Indonesia as similar as they sound?

Nelken, 2009 discusses the differences between ethnocentrism and relativism with regard to the value of studying comparative Criminal Justice System. Define both concepts in a few paragraphs using some current examples of criminal activities that impact United States as well as some other country/countries around the world. In your posts please address the benefits of both approaches.

Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

Nelken, 2009 discusses the differences between ethnocentrism and relativism with regard to the value of studying comparative Criminal Justice System. Define both concepts in a few paragraphs using some current examples of criminal activities that impact United States as well as some other country/countries around the world. In your posts please address the benefits of both approaches.

Discuss the pros and cons of direct versus circumstantial evidence introduced during a trial. How these types of evidence play in International Court trials?

Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

Discuss the pros and cons of direct versus circumstantial evidence introduced during a trial. How these types of evidence play in International Court trials?

Provide at least one example of a high profile trial in the US and one in another country and identify the type of evidence that was introduced.

Select a topic in comparative criminal justice – (i.e., courts, policing, investigations, prosecutions, sentencing, substantive or procedural criminal law)Compare your topic in your selected country to that of the United States. State at the beginning what you are comparing and why

Comparative Criminal Justice Systems

Select a topic in comparative criminal justice – (i.e., courts, policing, investigations, prosecutions, sentencing, substantive or procedural criminal law)

Compare your topic in your selected country to that of the United States. State at the beginning what you are comparing and why

List the sources you utilized, including research, data, and critical assessment of the data
Narrative of the main data, which would include what the results mean for comparative study and what you learned from your research