World Criminal Justice Systems: A Comparative Survey

World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey, Seventh Edition, provides an understanding of foreign criminal justice systems by discussing the systems of six countries: England, France, Sweden, Japan, Russia, and China. Each chapter is devoted to a single country and describes the political, historical, organizational, procedural, and critical issues faced by that country’s justice system. For each country, the discussions cover the government, police, judiciary, law, corrections, and juvenile justice systems. The book’s final chapter presents an introduction to Islamic law. It explains the ways in which Islamic law has influenced the justice system of some countries associated with Islam. The chapter also illustrates how some countries view the purpose and function of law in a different context than that which emerged in the West. This text can be a valuable resource to enhance American students’ understanding of foreign justice systems.

• Each chapter introduces a country and then covers "concepts to know," government, police, judiciary, law, corrections, and juvenile justice