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Zabalsa, Jage Mark
AB pol sci- III
Comparative Justice System
1. Research on the Historical Development of Justice
Systems
The criminal justice system is, in a sense, a mark of a civilization
that seeks to control problematic human behavior, including violence, and to maintain collective security. Actual implementation, however, becomes more challenging and can easily turn into a means of social control, not to mention adding further violence to existing violence or becoming a source of violence of its own. The U.S. experiment with mass incarceration, solitary confinement, and the death penalty brings many lessons in terms of what actually increases public safety and decreases violence. Racial disparities and class favoritism have not only compromised the system but may represent further abuses of the very kind that a justice-serving, law-bound system is expected to curb. This is not to say that all is lost with respect to criminal justice. Decades of ideology-driven investment have clearly shown what does not work: a steadily increasing prison population at great social and financial cost, fewer alternatives to incarceration for those with mental illness or substance problems, the abolition of parole in sixteen states, and expanding uses of solitary confinement or the death penalty, not to mention systemic failures and perceived injustices that compromise the deterrent effect of incarceration, especially for high-risk populations such as minorities and the poor. We have also learned that carefully conceived rehabilitation and community-based programs can work very effectively: alternative systems used in Great Britain, Thailand, China, and the U.S. that focus on community intervention, individual development, and restorative justice have shown to reduce recidivism. Furthermore, rehabilitation-focused correctional systems in Northern and Western Europe appear not only to reduce recidivism but to improve socialization and public safety as well.
What is justice?
Justice means giving each person what he or she deserves or, in
more traditional terms, giving each person his or her due. Justice and fairness are closely related terms that are often today used interchangeably.
What is comparative Justice system?
Comparative criminal justice is a subfield of the study of Criminal justice that compares justice systems worldwide. Such study can take a descriptive, historical, or political approach.
Importance comparative Justice Systems.
Comparative criminal justice is a subfield of the study of Criminal
justice that compares justice systems worldwide. Such study can take a descriptive, historical, or political approach.[1] It studies the similarities and differences in structure, goals, punishment and emphasis on rights as well as the history and political stature of different systems.