INSTRUCTOR
Susette M. Talarico, PhD
Saye Professor of American Government & Constitutional Law
Director, Criminal Justice Studies and Professor of Political Science
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602 - USA
OXFORD CONTACT INFORMATION
6 Randolph House
1 Hernes Road
Oxford OX2 7PT
phone (dialing from England): 01865-516012; cell # distributed at 1st class
meeting
e-mail: talarico@uga.edu
website w/ course materials: www.arches.uga.edu/~talarico
PURPOSE OF COURSE
This course offers a survey of criminal justice administration in the United States and a comparison of that system with similar governmental structures in England and other countries. Particular attention will be directed to comparisons within common law countries and between common law and civil law systems. Pols 3600 at Oxford is a variation on the course offered at UGA under the same number.
Course attention is directed to the historical, political, and legal dimensions of criminal justice with specific consideration of law enforcement, criminal courts, and corrections. There are three central objectives for students in this course: (1) to study the agencies of government involved in the administration of criminal law; (2) to become well acquainted with the organization and operations of law enforcement, criminal courts, and correctional institutions; and (3) to refine the analytical skills to evaluate related public policy issues and proposals.
REQUIRED BOOKS
George F. Cole and Christopher E. Smith, Criminal Justice in America, 3rd edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2002).
Erika Fairchild and Harry R. Dammer, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, 2nd edition (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2001).
Order from <www.amazon.co.uk> or Blackwell's in Oxford <http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk>.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
There will be four course requirements: (1) two exams administered in Oxford; (2) journal/class participation; and (4) a 15-25 page research paper due after students return to the US. Each of these four requirements will constitute 25% of your course grade.
The two exams will consist of short answer and essay questions and will be administered in Oxford. Questions will be based on class material and the readings assigned for the portions in question. Both exams will be open book and notes.
Each student will be required to keep a “criminal justice” journal for a minimum of five weeks between January 27th and March 4th. In this journal, students will record “street” and conversational observations of crime, deviance, and justice in England; related news stories that come to their attention; and library or online references. Journal entries will be shared in class. Additional directions will be provided at the first class meeting.
The research paper consists of a comparative analysis of a particular dimension of criminal justice. Students are free to select the topic (e.g., policing, role of defense attorney, sentencing law) but must compare and contrast related processes and policies in the US with those of another country. This paper will be due on May 1st in the US. Drafts may be submitted for a preliminary review any time before April 15th. Individual consultations at UGA can be scheduled after March 20th.
Additional information on all course requirements will be shared at the first class meeting.
CLASS ATTENDANCE AND SCHEDULE
It is expected that students will attend all classes. Un-excused absences will figure in the “journal” portion of your grade. Be advised that failure to attend class without a verified excuse may result in dismissal from the program. Attendance will be taken at each class meeting during the Oxford term.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
All students are responsible for maintaining the highest standards of honesty and integrity in every phase of their academic careers. Students are assumed to know what is involved in cheating and what constitutes plagiarism. Cheating or assisting someone who cheats is serious, penalties are severe, and ignorance is not an acceptable excuse. For related University policy, please consult A Culture of Honesty at the University of Georgia distributed by the Office of the Vice President for Instruction and available online.
OFFICE HOURS AT OXFORD
I will not hold specific office hours at Oxford but will be available to schedule individual meetings during the day or evening. See me at class, e-mail, or call to set an appointment.
library references, online references
COURSE OUTLINE (subject to modification)
Section 1: The Problem of Crime
1. major legal systems
2. the definition and measurement of crime
3. comparative perspective
readings: Cole and Smith
Chapter 1
Fairchild and Dammer Chapters 1 - 4; 12 - 13
class dates: January 27th and 29th
Section 2: Crime and Criminal Justice as Public Policy and Theories of Criminality and Punishment
1. crime as a public policy
issue
2. theories of criminality and punishment
readings: Cole and Smith
Chapters 2
Fairchild and Dammer Chapter 14
class date: February 3rd
Section 3: Law Enforcement
1. history of policing
and development of formal police agencies
2. police organizations and operations
3. issues in contemporary policing
readings: Cole and Smith
Chapters 3 - 6
Fairchild and Dammer Chapter 5 and 6
class dates: February 5th, 10th and 12th
FIRST EXAM: FEBRUARY 17TH
Section 4: Criminal Courts
1. pre-trial and adjudiation
(trials and pleas)
2. post-conviction (sentencing and appellate review)
readings: Cole and Smith
Chapters 7 - 9
Fairchild and Dammer Chapters 7 - 10
class dates: February 19th, 24th, and 26th
Section 5: Corrections
1. institutional corrections
(jails and prisons)
2. community corrections (probation and parole) and other intermediate sanctions
3. issues in contemporary corrections
readings: Cole and Smith
Chapters 11 - 14
Fairchild and Dammer Chapter 11
class dates: substitute for March 2nd, March 4th and 9th
SECOND EXAM: MARCH
11TH
Library References - POLS 3600 - OXFORD - Comparative Criminal Justice
POLS 3600 - SPIA at Oxford, 2004
Library References (books only)
Abraham, Henry J. 1986
The Judicial Process: An Introductory Analysis of the Courts of the United
States, England and France. New York: Oxford University Press.
Adler, Freda 1983
Nations not Obsessed with Crime. Littleton, CO: Rothman.
Ames, W. L. 1981
Police and Community in Japan. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Amin, S.H. 1985
Middle East Legal Systems. Glasgow: Royston limited.
Archer, Dane and Rosemary
Gartner 1984
Violence and Crime in Cross-National Perspective. New Haven, CT: Yale University
Press.
Ashworth, A. 1995
The Criminal Process: An Evaluative Study. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Ball, Howard 1999
Prosecuting War Crimes and Genocide: The Twentieth-Century Experience. Lawrence,
KS: University of Kansas Press.
2002
War Crimes and Justice: A Reference Handbook. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO.
Bayley, D.H. 1985
Patterns of Policing: A Comparative International Analysis. New Brunswick,
NJ: Rutgers University Press.
1991
Forces of Order: Policing Modern Japan. Berkeley, CA: University of California
Press.
Beattie, J. M. 1986
Crime and the Courts in England: 1660 - 1800. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University
Press.
Beirne, Piers 1991
Comparative Criminology: An Annotated Bibliography. New York: Greenwood Press.
Beirne, Piers and David
Nelken, Ed. 19997
Issues in Comparative Criminology. Brookfield, VT: Ashgate Dartmouth.
Braithwaite, J. 1989
Crime, Shame, and Reintegration. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Brewer-Carias, A.R. 1989
Judicial Review in Comparative Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bruno, Francesco 1984
Combating Drug Abuse and Related Crime: Comparative Research on the Effectiveness
of Socio-Legal Preventive and Control Measures in Different Countires on
the Interaction between Criminal Behavior and Drug Abuse. Rome: F. Illi
Palombi.
Butler, W. E. 1986
Justice and Comparative Law: Anglo-Soviet Perspectives on Criminal Law. Boston:
M. Nijhoff.
Cappelletti, Mauro 1989
The Judicial Process in Comparative Perspective
Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Castberg, A.D. 1990
Japanese Criminal Justice. New York: Praeger.
Chappell, Duncan and Paul
R. Wilson 1977
The Australian Criminal Justice System. Sydney: Butterworths.
Clinard, Marshall B. 1978
Cities with Little Crime: The Case of Switzzerland. Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.
Cole, George F., Stnislaw
J. Frankowski, and Marc G. Gertz, Eds. 1987
Major Criminal Justice Systems: A Comparative Survey. Newbury Park, CA: Sage
Publications.
Dorey, Marcia A. And George
J. Swidler 1975
World Police Systems. Boston: Northeastern University Press.
Ebbe, Obi N. Ignatius,
Ed. 2000
Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems. Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann.
Fennell, Phillip, et al.,
Eds. 1995
Criminal Justice in Europe: A Comparative Study. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Fields, Charles B. And
Richter H. Moore, Jr. 1996
Comparative Criminal Justice: Traditional and Nontraditional Systems of Law
and Control. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press.
Glendon, M.L., M.W. Gordon,
and C. Osakwe 1985
Comparative Legal Traditions. St. Paul, MN: West.
Graham, Michael H. 1983
Tightening the Reins of Justice in America: A Comparative Analysis of the Criminal
Jury Trial in England and the United States. Wastport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Green, Penny and Andrew
Rutherford 2000
Criminal Policy in Transition. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
Hartjen, C.A. and S. Kethineni
1996
Comparative Delinquency: India and the United States. New York: Garland.
Horton, C. 1995
Policing policy in France. London: Policy Studies Institute.
Ingraham, B. L. 1987
The Structure of Criminal Procedure: Laws and Practive of France, the Soviet
Union, China, and the United States. New York: Greenwood.
Jasinski, Jerzy and Andrej
Siemaszko, Eds. 1995
Crime Control in Poland Warsaw: Polish Ministry of Justice.
Kritzer, Herbert, Ed. 2002
Legal Systems of the World. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC CLIO, four volumes.
Lanagan, Patrick A. And
David P. Farrington 1998
Crime and Justice in the United States and in England and Wales: 1981-96. Washington,
D.C.: US Department of Justice.
Lippman, M.R., S. McConvile
and M, Yerushalmi 1988
Islamic Criminal Law and Procedure: An Introduction. New York: Praeger.
Lynch, James P., Steven
K. Smith, Helen A. Graziadei, and Tanutda Pittayathikum 1994
Profile of Inmates in the United States and in England and Wales, 1991. Washington,
D.C.: US Department of Justice.
Mawby, R.I. 1990
Comparative Policing Issues: The British and American Experience. London: Unwin
Hyman.
McDonald W.F., Ed., 1997
Crime and Law Enforcement in the Global Village. Cincinnati, OH” Anderson.
McKenzie, Ian K., Ed. 1998
Law, Power, and Justice in England and Wales. Westport, CT: Praeger.
Merryman, J.H. 1985
The Civil Law Tradition. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
Newman, Graeme, Ed. 1999
Global Report on Crime and Justice. New York: Oxford University Press.
Parker, L.C., Jr. 1984
A Japanese Police System Today: An American Perspective. Toyko: Kodansha International.
Pease, K. And K. Hukkila,
Eds. 1990
Criminal Justice Systems in Europe and North America. Helsinki, Finland: Helsinki
Institute for Crime Prevention and Control.
Postema, G. J. 1986
Bentham and the Common Law Tradition. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Ragona, Anthony J. and
John Paul Ryan 1984
Beyond the Courtroom: A Comparative Analysis of Misdemeanor Sentencing. Washington,
D.C.: US Department of Justice.
Reichel, Philip L. 2002
Comparative Criminal Justice Systems. Upper Saddle, NY: Prentice-Hall.
Reith, Charles 1948.
A Short History of the British Police. New York: Oxford University Press.
Roggemann, Herwig and Petar
Sarcevi'c, Eds. 2002
National Security and International Criminal Justice. New York: Kluwer Law
International.
Rosen, L. 1989
The Anthropology of Justice: Law as Culture in Islamic Society. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press.
Schwartz, B., Ed. 1956
The Code Napoleon and the Common-Law World. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
Segre, Sandro 2003
Controlling Drugs: A Comparative Study. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter
Shapiro, Martin 1981
Courts: A Comparative and Political Analysis. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press.
Taylor, Bruce and Trevor
Bennett 1999
Comparing Drug Use Rates of Detained Arrestees in the United States and England.
Washington, D.C.: US Department of Justice.
Terrill, Richard J. 1999
World Criminal Justice Systems: A Survey. Cincinnati, OH: Anderson.
Tonry, Michael, Ed. 1997.
Ethnicity, Crime, and Immigration: Comparative and Cross-National Perspectives.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Tonry. Michael and Kathleen
Hatlestad 1997
Sentencing Reform in Overcrowded Times: A Comparative Perspective
New York: Oxford.
Wilson, Thelma, Ed. 1987
Penal Services for Offenders: Comparative Studies of England and Poland, 1984-85.
Brookfield, CT: Gower Publications.
Journals of Interest
American Journal of Comparative
Law
C.J. International
Crime and Delinquency
Criminal Justice Review
Criminal Law Review
Criminology
Howard Journal of Criminal Justice
Howard Journal of Penology and Crime Prevention
International Criminal Justice Review
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice
International Journal of the Sociology of Law
Journal of Criminal Justice
Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology
Journal of Police Science and Administration
Judicature
Justice System Journal
Law and Society Review
Law Enforcement Bulletin
Police Studies
Policing: An International Journal of Policing Strategies and Management
The Middle East Journal
The Prison Journal
Online References - POLS 3600 - OXFORD - Comparative Criminal Justice
POLS 3600 - SPIA at Oxford 2004
Online References
GENERAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE SITES
US Department of Justice
(www.usdoj.gov)
Links to several research and policy sites (e.g., Bureau of Justice Statistics,
National Institute of Justice, COPS, National Criminal Justice Reference Service),
some federal law enforcement agencies (e.g., ATF, FBI) and international organizations
(e.g., INTERPOL).
UK Home Office (www.homeoffice.gov.uk)
Links to different units (e.g., police and crime, victims, sentencing), to
recent reports and other sites pertinent to crime and criminal justice.
United Kingdom CJ Links
(www.leeds.ac.uk/law/ccjs/ukweb.htm)
Also sections on continental Europe, North America and other parts of the world.
UK Office of National Statistics (www.ons.gov.uk)
Bureau of Justice Statistics
(www.ojp.usdoj.gob/bjs)
Primary source for information on cj statistics in US.
Sourcebook of Criminal
Justice Statistics (www.albany.edu/sourcebook)
Online version of largest compilation of criminal justice statistics available
anywhere.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Justice Information (www.ncjrs.org)
World Factbook of Criminal
Justice Systems (www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/wfcj.htm)
Information compiled by US Bureau of Justice Statistics, including descriptions
of criminal justice systems in 40+ countries.
Criminal Justice System
Website (www.criminal-justice-system.gov.uk)
Information on all the relevant agencies in England and Wales.
United Nations Crime and Justice Information Network (www.ifs.univie.ac.at/~uncjin/uncjin.html)
UNICRI (www.unicri.it)
Information from UN crime and justice institute.
LAW ENFORCEMENT
COPNET (http://police.sas.ab.ca)
Directory of Law Enforcement
Agencies (http://www.officer.com)
FBI's Home Page (www.fbi.gov)
Scotland Yard (www.met.police.uk)
Police Executive Research Forum (www.policeforum.org)
Police Law (www.policelaw.co.uk)
Information on criminal justice in the UK with particular attention to law
enforcement.
Europol (www.europol.eu.int/home.htm)
Interpol (www.interpol.int)
CRIMINAL COURTS
Federal Courts (http://www.uscourts.gov/)
National Center for State Courts (http://www.ncsconline.org/)
NCSC Links to Courts in 15 Countries (www.ncsconline.org/Information/info_court_web_sites.html#international)
Association of Trial Lawyers of America (www.atlanet.org/)
Association of Federal Defense Attorneys (www.afda.org/)
US Sentencing Commission (www.ussc.gov)
US National Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers (www.nacdl.org)
Helpful source for information on criminal courts, defendant due process and
legal services.
National District Attorney's Association (www.nadaa.org/ndaa.htm)
Crown Prosecution Service (www.cps.gov.uk/)
UK Legal Services Commission
(www.legalservices.gov.uk)
Information on Access to Justice Act of 1999 and source of information on criminal
defence services
Department of Constitutional
Affairs (www.ukonline.gov.uk)
Good source for information on the administration of justice. Links to other
legal sites.
CORRECTIONS
The Corrections Connection
(www.corrections.com)
Links to correctional organizations in US.
Federal Bureau of Prisons (www.bop.gov/bopmain.html)
American Jail Association (www.corrections.com/aja/index.htm
Private Prisons (www.mediafilter.org/MFF/Prison.html)
Penal Lexicon (www.penlex.org.uk)
Information on prisons, penal affairs, and criminal justice - primarily in
UK but some international resources.
International Corrections and Prisons Association (www.icpa.ca/home.html)
International Centre for Prison Studies (www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/icps/worldbrief/world_brief.html)
LAW SITES
Findlaw (www.findlaw.com)
Primarily American law. Some information on other countries and international
sites.
US Supreme Court Decisions (www.law.cornell.edu/ssupct/supct.table.html)
Infolaw (www.infolaw.co.uk)
Directory of legal resources in UK.
Cornell Legal Information
Institute (www.law.cornell.edu/world)
Law by source - statutes, cases and other materials by country.
Portal to Legal Resources
in the UK and Ireland (www.venables.co.uk)
Useful information organized by subject area.
AustLII (www.austlii.edu.au)
Information from Australian Legal Information Institute. Index to countries.
BAILII (www.bailii.org)
British and Irish Legal Information Institute.
CataLaw (www.catalaw.com)
Meta-index of law - broad coverage.
GLIN (lcweb2.loc.gov/law)
Global Legal Information Network at the US Library of Congress.
SOSIG Law (www.sosig.ac.uk/law)
Links to internet resources.
Law Society of Scotland
(www.lawscot.org.uk)
Description of court structure, history and origins of law.
World Legal Systems (www.uottawa.ca/world-legal-systems/eng-monde.htm)
Access by legal system (common law, civil law, customary law, muslin law, mixed
systems)
Consolidating European
Public Law (http://www/iue.it/LAW/conseulaw)
Legal resources for each Eu country.
Roman Law (www.jura.uni-sb.de)
Discussion, links and texts (some in Latin).
Centre of Islamic and Middle
Eastern Law (www.soas.ac.uk/centres/islamiclaw)
London University's Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law.
International Criminal Court (www.un.org/law/icc)
Information on new international criminal court.
International Constitutional Law Project (www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/info.html)
JOURNALS AND LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP
Coalition of Online Journals
(www.lawreview.org)
Listing of law journals by subject.