A comparative study of selected criminal justice systems existing globally. The student gains skills to identify, analyze, and compare the U.S. criminal justice systems with other countries. The course gives coverage to the basic worldwide philosophies of law and justice, the methods of dealing with convicted offenders throughout the world, and the arrangements for crime prevention and law enforcement,
Prerequisite Courses
Prerequisites
(LIBR 150 may be taken concurrently).
Course Outcomes
After successfully completing the course, the learner will be able to:
- Analyze the international value of comparing systems and issues of criminal justice systems.
- Examine globalization and its effect on crime and criminal justice.
- Identify the primary sources of international crime statistics.
- Compare the unique crime problems and solutions in different countries.
- Define the functions of modern, worldwide, police forces.
- Identify mechanisms to deal with issues of human rights and international crimes and criminals.
- Examine the stages of the criminal process in different countries.
- Compare similarities and differences that occur in court structures and procedures in multiple countries.
- Analyze unique correctional practices in different countries.
- Understand and appreciate the comparative issues, processes, diversity and differences among world criminal justice systems.
- Understand the comparative structures, approaches and limitations upon selected world criminal justice systems.
- Expand upon the comparative roles served by law enforcement, the courts and corrections in selected world criminal justice systems.
- Compare assorted methods, procedures and theories employed by other countries to the American Criminal Justice system.