TY - BOOK AU - Shahidullah,Shahid M. TI - Comparative criminal justice systems: global and local perspectives SN - 9781449604257 (pbk.) AV - K5001 .S52 2012 U1 - 364 PY - 2014/// CY - Burlington, Mass. PB - Jones & Bartlett Learning KW - Criminal justice, Administration of KW - LAW N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Comparative criminal justice : theory, methods, and benchmarks of comparison -- Comparative criminal justice : nature, scope, and research traditions -- Comparative criminal justice : theoretical perspectives -- Comparative criminal justice : methodological perspectives -- Profile of modern criminal justice : the benchmarks of comparison -- Competing models of criminal justice : profiles of criminal justice across the world's societies -- Modern systems of criminal justice in the west : North America and the countries of the European Union -- Emerging trends in law and sentencing in modern criminal justice systems : The United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia -- Modernizing systems of criminal justice in Asia, Africa, and Latin America : the first wave of modernization -- Modernizing systems of criminal justice in Asia, Africa, and Latin America : the second wave of modernization -- The traditional systems of criminal justice : Islamic jurisprudence and Shari'a law -- Islamic jurisprudence, Shari'a law, and criminal justice in Saudi Arabia and Iran -- Dual systems of criminal justice : the case of the People's Republic of China -- Dual systems of criminal justice : the case of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ER -