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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.

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