Influencing the readers’ opinion of the criminal justice system is not the main objective from the author, rather they want to provide the reader with information to achieve an educated opinion for comparison of the justice system. Discussing what end of the spectrum the criminal justice system can be found on is up to the reader but the author provides us with the alternatives if we abolished the justice system. The chapter informs of all aspects in regards to the justice system. Usage of the comparative method was scarce before the 20th century in the criminal justice field, however due to the benefits, researchers found a necessity to compare crime and justice. The authors discuss three of the main reasons. Benefiting from others’ experience relates to China’s low crime rate due to community policing and small enforcement agencies to implementation of some of their procedures into US’s policing methods. Identifying areas which would result in benefitting America is due to comparative methods. Expanding our …show more content…
Comparative criminology involves social phenomenon with focus on the actual crime and social behavior with focus on the criminal. Researchers’ study of social behaviors is usually of two or more countries with three attempts to explain the variations such as grand theories, structural theories, and theories based on demographic characteristics. Comparative criminal justice has two different ways to define if a defendant is guilty such as adversarial and inquisitorial processes. Adversarial process requires two sides of a defense and prosecutor to present arguments on the case in question. This process is influenced by common law traditions found in England. Inquisitorial process involves all parties cooperating to decide what events occurred. This process is influenced by roman legal