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LL.B. (Three Years) Comparative Criminal Justice System Syllabus - SPPU 2026

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Semester 6 · Third Year · Elective course, any one · 4 credits

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Syllabus for Comparative Criminal Justice System

Semester 6 · Third Year · Elective course, any one · 4 credits

Course aims

  • The Criminal Justice System is an instrument used by the state to punish the wrongdoer and maintain the social order in society. This course allows the students to understand important organs of the criminal justice system from India with many other countries. The course creates an understanding of concepts/institutions like Community policing, Zero tolerance policing, private policing, Interpol, Europol, and institution of prosecution. It acquaints with Inquisitorial trials in France and Germany, Adversarial trials in England and India and Trials in Islamic Legal Tradition. So, this paper will give an overview to the students of the Criminal Justice Systems prevalent in India and certain parts of the world with its underlying principles and procedures.
  • Teaching: Learning Methodology: Continuous Evaluation Scheme:
  • • Lecture Method Total internal Marks : 30 Marks
  • • Team Exercise University End Semester
  • • Cooperative Teaching Examination : 70 Marks
  • • Classroom Presentation ⮚ As per SPPU, CBCS Syllabus of Law
  • • Group Discussion Course
  • • Documentary Screening and Remedial Classes:
  • • Seminar Method

Objectives

  • Comparative research earlier was a luxury. It served to broaden one’s horizons. Today, comparative research is a necessity. In the criminal justice system, the only way to effectively prevent and combat crime on the world stage is via the harmonisation and coordination of national and international efforts. That requires up-to-date and intimate knowledge of criminal justice arrangements abroad. This necessitates the appreciation of meaningful and valuable differences, stemming from culture, history and social discourse, which help shape criminal justice arrangements in places quite different from our own. The academic endeavour of comparative criminal justice requires a detailed understanding of not just criminal justice process but also the actors involved in it and the society that forms the backdrop to this process.

Outcomes

  • ● Students will be acquainted with the basic ideas and fundamental principles of the Indian Criminal Justice System.
  • ● The knowledge of Indian Criminal Justice will help the students to understand the merits and demerits of it.
  • ● Understanding the Criminal Justice of other countries will help the students to find out more appropriate principles and mechanisms for an effective and efficient justice delivery system for India.

Module 01: Introduction

  • 1. Meaning and Significance of Comparative Criminal Justice
  • 2. A comparative perspective on criminal justice and its main components.
  • 3. An overview of the impact of international criminal justice on comparative criminal justice

Module 02: Comparative Policing

  • 1. Police and policing
  • 2. Policing and crime control:
  • a. Community policing
  • b. Zero tolerance policing
  • c. Policing corruption
  • 3. Rise of private policing

Module 03: Transnational and Global Policing

  • 1. Transnational policing
  • 2. International policing institutions:
  • a) Interpol
  • b) Europol
  • c) UNPOL (United Nations Police)
  • d) UN Office on drugs and crime (UNODC)

Module 04: Prosecution and Pre-trial Justice

  • 1. UN Guidelines on the role of prosecutors
  • 2. Prosecution :
  • a) England (Crown Prosecution Services)
  • b) Netherlands
  • c) America (Grand Juris)
  • d) India
  • 3. Pre-trial justice the role of the magistrate
  • 4. Pre-trial custody in law and practice

Module 05: System of Trial

  • 1. Inquisitorial trials in France and Germany
  • 2. Adversarial trials in England and India
  • 3. Trial in Islamic Legal Tradition

Module 06: Jury System

  • 1. The English jury
  • 2. The American jury
  • 3. Jury system in India
  • 4. Juris in the Inquisitorial system

Module 07: Sentencing

  • 1. Death Penalty and Human Rights
  • 2. Death Penalty in USA and UK
  • 3. Death Penalty in India
  • 4. Suspended Sentence System
  • 5. Plea Bargaining System

Module 08: Models of Criminal Justice Process

  • 1. Crime Control Model :
  • a. Rights of Victim
  • b. Rights of Accused Person
  • c. Power of investigation agencies
  • d. Role of Courts
  • 2. Due Process Model :
  • a. Rights of Victim
  • b. Rights of Accused Person
  • c. Power of investigation agencies
  • d. Role of Courts

Additional Readings

  • 1. Andreas P and Nadelmann E (2006) Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations, New York, Oxford University Press.
  • 2. Bowling B, Sheptyck J (2012) Global Policing, London: Sage.
  • 3. Schonteich M. (2008) The Scale and Consequences of Pretrial Detention Around the World in : Open Society Foundations (Ed) Justice Initiatives London.
  • 4. Terrill R.J. (2012) World Criminal Justice Systems: A Comparative Survey, Oxford Newness.
  • 5. Vogler R (2005) A World View on Criminal Justice Aldershot, Ashgate.
  • 6. Vidmar N (ed) (2001) World Jury System, Oxford University Press.
  • 7. Garland D (2001) The Culture of Control, Crime and Order in Contemporary Society, University of Chicago.
  • 8. Zimring F (2003) The Contradictions of American Capital Punishment, Oxford University.
  • 9. Nelken D (2010) Comparative Criminal Justice Making Sense of Difference, London Sage.
  • 10. Nelken D (ed) (2011) Comparative Criminal Justice and Globalisation, Farnham Ashgate.
  • 11. Crawford A (ed) (2011) International and Comparative Criminal Justice and Urban Governance Cambridge, Cambridge University Press.
  • 12. Haberfeld M.R. & Cerrah I (ed) (2008) Comparative Policing : the Struggle for Democratization, London, Sage.
  • 13. Jones J & Newturn I (ed) (2006) Plural Policing a Comparative example London, Routledge.
  • 14. Andreas P and Nadelmann E (2006) Policing the Globe: Criminalization and Crime Control in International Relations, New York, Oxford University Press.
  • 15. Jones J & Newturn I (ed) (2006) Plural Policing a Comparative example London, Routledge.
  • 16. Choe D.H. (2013) Discretion at Pretrial Stage - A Comparative Study, European Journal of Criminal Policy and Research, 20.
  • 17. Van Koppen P.J. and Penrod S.D. (eds) (2003) Adversarial Versus Inquisitorial Justice, New York, Kluwer.
  • 18. Hans V (2008) Jury System around the World, Annual Review of Law and Social Science.
  • 19. Pratt J Brown, D Brown, S Hallsworth, and W Morrison, (eds) (2013) The New Punitiveness, London, Routledge
  • 20. Francis Pakes, (2015), Comparative Criminal Justice, Routledge, London.
  • 21. Mark Findlay, (2013) International and Comparative Criminal Justice, Routledge.

Any other information

  • 1. The topics, cases and suggested readings given above are not exhaustive.
  • 2. Teachers of the Course shall be at liberty to add the case/suggested readings.
  • 3. Students are required to study/refer to the legislation as amended from time to time and consult the latest editions of books on this course.

Reproduced from the Savitribai Phule Pune University Revised CBCS Rule and Syllabus for LL.B., the 2023 pattern as amended on 18 July 2024. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.

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