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Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: A Topical Approach (3rd Edition)

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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.

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)"

This is the cheapest price that I found for this book. Keep up the good work! Will buy from again!

"Comparative Criminal Justice Systems: a Topical Approach" is a study of a few foreign legal systems with a political approach and an "international perspective". According to the author, Phil L. Reichel, the goal of his book is to extend the reader's knowledge about other countries, their citizens and their cultures but most important to find ways to improve society; not only at a local but at a global level as well.

In this book, Reichel talks about interesting facts about crime and crime rate around the world. For example, crime statistics may not be accurate due to lack of means to report them-small villages away from the city; same legal system encourages law officials not to make reports, political reason. Reichel also talks about substantive law and procedural law in the four legal traditions.

Learning an international perspective on foreign legal systems is also undoubtedly excellent to better understand and to improve the American Justice System. Although the last chapter of this book was so disappointing to me, I still recommend it.

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