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The Purpose of Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | June, Dale |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Description | In the process of studying the ways social order is achieved and maintained across nations, we learn how to modify our own society, bearing in mind that what works for one country may not work for another. Cultural values de¡ne behavior as good or bad and also determine the mechanisms for offender disposal. However, cultural values can change through international or inter ethnic relations. For example, persons found guilty of crimes of “abomination” (such as incest or murder of a kinsman) in precolonial Southern Nigeria were dedicated to the gods as outcasts or untouchables.1 This mechanism of offender disposal, however, became obsolete when English laws and cultural values overtook most of Nigerian society and condemned the outcast-disposal mechanism. Today, the holy shrines to which the outcasts were dedicated are still in existence, but they are no longer used as offenderdisposal mechanisms. Book Name: Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems |
| Related Links | https://content.taylorfrancis.com/books/download?dac=C2012-0-02387-X&isbn=9780429254055&doi=10.1201/b14863-9&format=pdf |
| Ending Page | 30 |
| Page Count | 6 |
| Starting Page | 25 |
| DOI | 10.1201/b14863-9 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2013-05-13 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Comparative and International Criminal Justice Systems History Behavior Society Cultural Values Dedicated Outcasts Offender Disposal Mechanisms for Offender |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
