Maricopa Community Colleges  AJS206   20016-20086 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 07/22/08
AJS206 20016-20086 LEC 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s)
Comparative Study of Criminal Justice
A comparative study of international criminal justice systems. Reviews crime on the world scene and explores historical and cultural impact of justice systems on their societies.
Prerequisites: None.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
AJS206   20016-20086 Comparative Study of Criminal Justice
1. Describe the basics of various criminal justice systems and describe their historical and cultural impact on each of their societies.(I)
2. Compare and contrast a variety of international criminal justice systems.(I)
3. Identify and describe international crime trends and explore current theories related to these trends.(II)
4. Describe and compare crime rates, crime reporting and recording systems throughout the world.(II)
5. Describe the American criminal justice system and compare and contrast it to other systems. (III-IX)
6. Identify and describe the four legal traditions that are the basis of the laws of most countries.(IV)
7. Describe the origin of the common law system.(IV)
8. Identify and describe the sources of transition between common and codified law.(V)
9. Identify and explain the application of the four legal traditions to substantive and procedural law.(V)
10. Identify and describe the basic international perspectives on policing and outline major issues associated with international policing.(VI)
11. Outline international perspectives on courts and identify and describe a variety of international court organizations.(VII)
12. Compare and contrast international perspectives on corrections.(VIII)
13. Describe juvenile delinquency as a worldwide problem and outline international models of juvenile justice systems.(IX)
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AJS206   20016-20086 Comparative Study of Criminal Justice
    I. Overview
        A. Why study international systems
        B. Basics of a criminal justice system
        C. Comparison and classification of international systems
        D. Impact of criminal justice systems on societies
          1. Historical
          2. Cultural
      II. Crime on the World Scene
          A. The crime problem
          B. Comparing crime rates
          C. Crime trends and theories
        III. American Perspective on Criminal Law
            A. Essential ingredients of justice systems
            B. Crime control model
            C. Justice model
          IV. Legal Traditions
              A. Common law and its origin
              B. Civil legal
              C. Socialist legal
              D. Islamic legal
            V. Application of Four Legal Traditions to Substantive and Procedural Law
                A. Substantive criminal law
                B. Procedural criminal law
                C. Roman law
                D. Canon law
                E. Napoleonic law
                F. German civil code
              VI. International View of Policing
                  A. Classifying police structures
                  B. Policing Issues
                    1. Police Misconduct
                    2. Global cooperation
                    3. Other
                VII. International Perspective on Courts
                    A. Professional actors in the judiciary
                    B. The adjudicators
                    C. Variation in court organizations
                  VIII. International Perspective on Corrections
                      A. Variability in justification
                      B. Imprisonment as punishment
                      C. Corrections in Australia
                      D. Corrections in Poland
                      E. Corrections in Japan
                    IX. International Perspective on Juvenile Justice
                        A. Delinquency as a worldwide problem
                        B. International models of juvenile justice
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