10th Edition

World Criminal Justice Systems A Comparative Survey

By Richard J. Terrill Copyright 2024
758 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

758 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

758 Pages 31 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The revised tenth edition of this core textbook provides an understanding of major world criminal justice systems by discussing and comparing the systems of six of the world’s countries - each representative of a different type of legal system. England, France, Japan, South Africa, Russia, and China are all covered in detail, and an additional chapter on Islamic law uses three example nations to... Read more

Introduction

  1. England
  2. France 
  3. Japan
  4. South Africa
  5. Russia 
  6. China 
  7. Islamic Law

Biography

Richard J. Terrill is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Criminal Justice at Georgia State University. His major research interests include comparative criminal justice, the history of criminal justice, civilian oversight of law enforcement, and the organization and management of criminal justice. Terrill was a past editor of the Criminal Justice Review and the founding editor of the International Criminal Justice Review.

"This book is a dynamic and well-established textbook from a giant contributor to the comparative criminal justice research and education field."
Max Lowenstein, Bournemouth University

"I find a country-based case study approach to be very helpful in teaching my Comparative Legal Systems course. There is really no other book on the market that offers this kind of approach"
Donald C. Williams, Western New England University

"I have used all the editions (1–9) of this book. I was first attracted to it by the introduction (which is unlike any other comparative CJ book), and the detailed discussion of each of the selected countries."
Joseph Appiahene-Gyamfi, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley