Discussion questions.

Information from Professor:

For this week you will be looking at two of the six model countries: England, France, Germany, China, Japan, and Saudia Arabia.  Your work this week consists of researching the criminal justice systems in the two countries you select and then compare/contrast two strengths and two weaknesses of those systems as they compare to our system here in the United States.  There is plenty of material from the textbook, the powerpoint and the discussion preparation article for you to draw from to help make your posts high quality.  What will be great about the discussion this week is that (hopefully) we will see all six model countries systems written about and discussed.  This will give us an opportunity to get into these systems and see how to make other systems better.  I've included a short video below about the Japanese system to help us get started. Keep up the good work and I look forward to the discussion.

COPY LINK TO YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFINmgSzK6E&t=6s

Discussion Questions:

Respond to the following:

Select one of the model countries from the text.

• Compare and contrast two strengths and two weaknesses of its justice system against that of the United States' justice system.

• Suggest one change to each country’s justice system that might improve on the weaknesses that you noted. Provide a rationale for your response.