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Assignment:
Read this book: Dammer, H.R. & Albanese. Comparative Criminal Justice systems. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishers. Dammer, Chapter 7-8
1. What is the difference between judicial independence and judicial impartiality? Which is more important in your opinion?
2. To what extent are laypeople (that is, those not legally trained) used in the court systems of our model countries? Which system uses them the most?
3. Go to the United Nations document basic principles on the role of lawyers at and determine whether any of the model nations would have a compliance problem with the principals. What principles would be most problematic?
For what countries?
1. Which purpose of criminal sanctioning seems to be predominant in the world today? Which purpose do you believe is most effective?
2. How would you summarize the data that describes the recent trends in the use of imprisonment in the world today?
3. Why do the United States and Japan continue to use the death penalty when most industrial nations have outlawed it? What might be the reasons for change in death penalty policies in these two world powers?
4. What are the political advantages for supporting crime policies that call for the increased use of incarceration?