Unique in its topical approach, this best-selling book examines systems of law, police, courts, and corrections by using more than 30 different countries to show the diversity in legal systems around the world. The book's organization helps readers understand the various ways policing, adjudication, and corrections systems can be organized and operated. This edition features more complete coverage of Islamic legal tradition, information on reform in Japan, more use of primary sources and updated material throughout. Fully updated to include more information on: The Patriot Act; Sunni and Shia Muslims; Substantive and procedural law changes for France, Germany, and Nigeria; Inquisitorial and adversarial systems; Trial under an inquisitorial proces; Juvenile justice system changes in England, Wales and China. Gives greater attention to the Islamic legal tradition and includes detailed descriptions of its key aspects. Reflect up-to-date events in Japanese criminal justice and covers changes that have been officially approved, but are not yet fully implemented. References the actual laws of many countries and provides additional information supplied by that country’s criminal justice agency. Anyone interested in criminal justice across the world.
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"Reichel's book is a highly scholarly, yet readable, introduction to the study of comparative criminal justice systems." — Allen Anderson, Indiana University - Kokomo
"This text has a great strength in the direct writing and flowing use of language." — Art Jipson, University of Dayton
"While there are a growing number of texts in this field I have found this text to be the best." — Mitchel Roth, Sam Houston State University
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With a topical, rather than country-by-country approach, this book discusses how various countries around the world have organized police, courts, and corrections agencies. The text provides the rationale for studying other systems of justice and sets down the specific approach to be used.
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Philip Reichel is a tenured full professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at the University of Northern Colorado. During his more than 30 years in academia, Dr. Reichel has received awards for his teaching, advising, service, and scholarship. Especially notable among those were his university's Distinguished Scholar award in 2003 and his selection in 2005 by the student council as Advisor of the Year. He is the author of "Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach" (2008), co-author with Leanne Alarid of "Corrections: A Contemporary Introduction" (2008), editor of the "Handbook of Transnational Crime and Justice" (2005); and has authored or co-authored more than thirty articles and book chapters. Dr. Reichel has been invited to lecture at universities in Austria, Germany, Poland, and at the Zhejiang Police Academy in China. His areas of expertise include corrections, comparative justice systems, and transnational crime. He is active in both the American Society of Criminology and the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
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This book covers almost everything you need to know about justice systems around the world. It is full of facts and examples from several different countries ranging from courts, corrections and policing. Dr. Reichel is also my professor for Comparative Justice and I can tell you I have learned a lot between his book and personal teachings.
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This is a great comprehensive work by Dr. Reichel. It encompasses a large amount of well researched and genuine material and ideas. There is a ton of information and flexability with this text. This text does a great job of defining and articulating why we should study international crime and other countries criminal justice systems and crime rates/ crime populations, prison systems, law, juvenile justice, The courtrooms! Dr. reichel takes us everywhere and offers up new fresh and interesting insight in a new and exciting field teaching at a top criminal justice program in the country at The University of Northern colorado. I would reccommend this text to college students, proffessors of college students, police officers, government employees, prison and jail officers. It is all encompassing text that is bold and creative in a new era of comparative criminal justice. Only by comparing our system with others around the world can we effectively find and target weaknesses within our system and working with other countries because we do live in an age of man where crime knows no borders or boundries. rich criminals and business people alike collaborate yearly to commit crime on a global level. The crime of the 21st century in the global mortgage crisis of 2008 involved many people from many countries. comparative Criminal Justice is the Future!!!!Here are a few quotes: "When ethnocentrism makes people in one group unwilling to understand and appreciate differences with people from other groups, prejudice and discrimination can result", "In Fact the American model of policing is more unusual than common...As if to emphasize the point, the U.S. Constitution mentions only two crimes (counterfeiting and treason) and avoids any mention of a national police force to protect federal property and enforce federal laws.(pg.192)" , "The Idea of punishing offenders financially predates the code of Hammurabi and remains popular today in many countries. (pg 297)", "Another common theme among women prisoners around the world is their link to drug offenses. (pg.333)"
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