An introduction to comparative legal models of criminal justice /

An introduction to comparative legal models of criminal justice /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Roberson, Cliff, 1937- author.
Edition:	Second edition.
Imprint:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2016.
Description:	xvi, 333 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Criminal justice, Administration of. Comparative law. Comparative law. Criminal justice, Administration of.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10936521

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Other authors / contributors:	Das, Dilip K., 1941- author.
ISBN:	9781498746267 1498746268 9781498746298 1498746292 9781498746274 1498746276 9781498746304 1498746306
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-320) and index.
Summary:	"Updated to reflect changes in the crimindal justice systems in several countries, An introduction to comparative legal models of criminal justice, second edition explores and illustrates the idea that a country's legal model determines the character of its police, corrections, and legal system. It focuses on how law shapes policing, including how it causes police to act as though they are above the law ... Thorough and concise, An introduction to comparative legal models of criminal justice, second edition provides a text covering the different major legal models in the world that is ideal for a one-semester course"--Page 4 of cover.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to the study of comparative legal models
Common law model : the courts
Policing and corrections under the common law model
Civil law model : the courts
Policing and corrections under the civil law model
The Islamic law model : the courts
Policing and corrections under the Islamic legal model
The socialist law model : the courts
Policing and corrections under the socialist law model
Mixed-law models
International courts
International criminal justice agencies and associations.