Comparative Criminal Justice System
Savitribai Phule Pune University · LL.B. Semester 6 · LDSE 1007
Unit 1 — Introduction :
1. Meaning and Significance of Comparative Criminal Justice · 2. A comparative perspective on criminal justice and its main components. · 3. An overview of the impact of international criminal justice on comparative criminal justice
Unit 2 — Comparative Policing :
1. Police and policing · 2. Policing and crime control: · a. Community policing · b. Zero tolerance policing · c. Policing corruption · 3. Rise of private policing
Unit 3 — Transnational and Global Policing :
1. Transnational policing · 2. International policing institutions: · a) Interpol · b) Europol · c) UNPOL (United Nations Police) · d) UN Office on drugs and crime (UNODC)
Unit 4 — Prosecution and Pre-trial Justice :
1. UN Guidelines on the role of prosecutors · 2. Prosecution : · a) England (Crown Prosecution Services) · b) Netherlands · c) America (Grand Juris) · d) India · 3. Pre-trial justice the role of the magistrate · 4. Pre-trial custody in law and practice
Unit 5 — System of Trial :
1. Inquisitorial trials in France and Germany · 2. Adversarial trials in England and India · 3. Trial in Islamic Legal Tradition
Unit 6 — Jury System :
1. The English jury · 2. The American jury · 3. Jury system in India · 4. Juris in the Inquisitorial system
Unit 7 — Sentencing :
1. Death Penalty and Human Rights · 2. Death Penalty in USA and UK · 3. Death Penalty in India · 4. Suspended Sentence System · 5. Plea Bargaining System
Unit 8 — Models of Criminal Justice Process :
1. Crime Control Model : · a. Rights of Victim · b. Rights of Accused Person · c. Power of investigation agencies · d. Role of Courts · 2. Due Process Model : · a. Rights of Victim · b. Rights of Accused Person · c. Power of investigation agencies · d. Role of Courts