Comparative Criminal Justice

Crime around the world, and how we can or can't tell who is doing it better than the others.

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What You Will Learn!

Compare and contrast the criminal justice systems of different countries
Compare the crime rates of different jurisdictions
Understand the underlying philosophies of different criminal justice systems
Learn the history of internation criminal courts and tribunals

Description

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This course examines differences in crimes and criminal justice systems in different cultural backgrounds. It discusses crime in an international context, from how crime is defined to how policing is managed to how trials are conducted to how punishments are given for those convicted of crimes. You will learn how and why it is so difficult to compare and contrast two different cities in the same country, or two different regions of the same country, or even two different countries. Differing definitions of crime, different ways of tracking crime, different legal systems, and different philosophies and cultural practices all combine to make comparing criminal justice systems and their outcomes difficult. This is a standard course in any criminal justice program at the undergraduate level, and is a required course in many social science programs. It is taught by a University Professor with a PhD in Criminal Justice and 12+ years of teaching experience.

Lectures:
Introduction
Types of Research
Methodological Difficulties
Data Sources
Policing
Ethics
International Policing
Pre-Trial
Prosecution
Courts
Judges
Juries
Punishment
Prison
The Death Penalty
The Death Penalty in the United States
Environmental Crime
Pollution
State Crime
Genocide
International Law
War Crimes Tribunals and the International Criminal Court

This course can be taken by beginners or as a sequel to the introduction to criminal justice course.