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World Criminal Justice Systems: A Comparative Survey

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UPC:
9781455725892
Maximum Purchase:
2 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2012-10-21
Author:
Richard J. Terrill
Language:
english
Edition:
8
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This comparative text provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the worlds countries: England, France, Russia, China, Japan, and a new chapter on South Africaeach representative of a different type of legal system. An additional chapter on Islamic law uses Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Turkey as main examples. Political, historical, organizational, procedural, and critical issues confronting the justice systems are explained and analyzed. Each chapter contains material on government, police, judiciary, law, corrections, juvenile justice, and other critical issues.