Book contents
- American Criminal Justice
- American Criminal Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Federal Structure; Sources of the Law
- 3 Investigation and Evidence-Gathering—The Participants
- 4 Investigation and Evidence-Gathering—Procedures
- 5 Arrest and Pretrial Detention
- 6 The Decision to Prosecute, or Not
- 7 Joinder of Charges and Defendants
- 8 Venue
- 9 Assistance of Counsel
- 10 Trial Rights and Preparation for Trial
- 11 Alternative Outcomes
- 12 Double Jeopardy
- 13 The Trial
- 14 Sentencing
- 15 Appeals
- 16 Corporate Criminal Responsibility
- 17 Internal Corporate Investigations
- 18 Professional Responsibility
- 19 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
19 - Conclusion
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2019
- American Criminal Justice
- American Criminal Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Federal Structure; Sources of the Law
- 3 Investigation and Evidence-Gathering—The Participants
- 4 Investigation and Evidence-Gathering—Procedures
- 5 Arrest and Pretrial Detention
- 6 The Decision to Prosecute, or Not
- 7 Joinder of Charges and Defendants
- 8 Venue
- 9 Assistance of Counsel
- 10 Trial Rights and Preparation for Trial
- 11 Alternative Outcomes
- 12 Double Jeopardy
- 13 The Trial
- 14 Sentencing
- 15 Appeals
- 16 Corporate Criminal Responsibility
- 17 Internal Corporate Investigations
- 18 Professional Responsibility
- 19 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Is criminal justice in the United States all that different from criminal justice in other countries? The answer is clearly Yes. Defining conceptually the many ways how it differs is a complex, and perhaps academic, exercise. But given the increasing importance of transnational criminal investigations that compel prosecutors and others outside of the United States to deal with American procedures, it is becoming more and more urgent that the practical impact of these differences be understood.
Compared with the United Kingdom and countries whose legal traditions derive from it, the differences from US procedures may appear to be small. The United States shares not only the same language (and language is an extremely important component of law, as revealed by the challenges of translation) but also many important traditions derived from its English heritage; as a result, the vocabulary used in the two countries is often the same or similar.
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- American Criminal JusticeAn Introduction, pp. 142 - 153Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019