After providing your report to the professor in Assignment 2, the country's governing body asks you to return to the country and testify in the court proceedings. While you are abroad, your professor

Running head: LAW OF THE UNITED STATES VS. LAW IN KENYA 0

Assignment: International Crime Justice, Part 1

CRJ 330: Comparative Criminal Justice

Nikkia Huff

November 16, 2020

1. Determine the pertinent demographic, social, political, and economic factors about your chosen country

• The pertinent demographic of the country

Some months ago, I decided to go for a vacation in Kenya, known for good biodiversity. In the country, most of its citizens earn their capital from farming. Most of the people in the country are youths aging from the age of 18-40 years. (Aduda, 2015)

• Social activities of the country

The country's government social activities such as playing soccer and conducting congregations such as public holidays for the country's citizens to hook up. The public congregations help the country's citizens learn from various experts, and the members of the society address the challenges they are facing.

• Political activities of the country.

The country is led by the president, who is the chief commander of the armed forces. After the government, some counties are read by governors who implement what is to be done. The citizens of the country are the people who select the president and the governors. The senators are the people who represent the governors in case they are not available.

• Economic activities of the country

In the country, most of the people are middle class, and they depend on farming. Farming has become the main activity since there are rich soils that support a wide variety of clops.

1. How the country viewed the criminal code of the crime

The country positively viewed criminal codes. When a police officer arrests an individual, he writes a statement he takes to the law court. After the case is taken to court, the court sets a day to listen to the case. If the case is listened to and the suspect is found innocent, he/she is released. If the suspect is found guilty, he is retained in prison, depending on the crime that he has committed. The main problem that is facing this country is that there is a lot of corruption. Most of the suspects get away with crimes by corrupting the police officers of the country. (Orago, 2013)

An example of a crime that I witnessed in the country is a young man who came over speeding with a Subaru. The police officers were lucky to stop the suspect, and they threatened to take him to prison. I couldn’t understand the language they talked well, but at last, I saw the young man give a five hundred shilling note equivalent to $5 to the Police, and I saw both of them smiling, and the young man was back on his journey. This illustrates that most cases never get to the court due to the corrupt officers in the country.

1. Two rights that are offered in the United States vs. the rights in the country.

When a suspect is arrested in the United States, he has a right to be silent until he is taken to the law court. The suspect decides to hire a lawyer who will represent him on working with the case. When a suspect is arrested in the country, the Police try all possible ways to make the suspect talk. Most of the police officers of the country seem to have never lead the constitution. If a person fails to talk, the police officers go to the extent of harassing the suspect to get information from the suspect. (Onyango, 1990)

Before the police officers search an individual's house, they have to go for the search warrant in a court of law. After they take the search warrant, they go to the suspect's house and handle the search warrant before searching his house. After the other country's Police get a search warrant, they go and storm the suspect's house without the suspect having a notice of the incident. There are laws in Kenya, but the police officers tend to break them often compared to the country's citizens.

1. Summarize how the Police of the country are likely to treat the defendant

In the country, most of the police officers are harsh and corrupt. They never like to listen to a suspect when he/she tries to defend himself in a crime. They try all possible ways to undermine the suspect by threatening him. If a suspect wants to escape from the residents reasonably, the right choice is by bribing them. Some of the officers are arrogant, and they never want to see or hear the citizen prospering. Most of the country's police officers are illiterates and don't have the right skills that the police officers should have. If it were not for corruption, the country would be a better place.

1. Classify both the fundamental similarities and the differences between the police culture of the United States and the country

• Fundamental similarities of the Police

1. Both the police officers of the two countries are trained before they are recruited to their various departments.

2. The president is the chief of the armed forces in both countries, and they are required to take the order from the police officers.

3. The Police from both countries is required to follow the laws to be successful.

4. Police officers from both of the countries have to be physically fit before working.

5. Police officers from both of the countries should have problem-solving skills to be in a chance of solving the issues that the Police may encounter while he is in the field. (Déverge, 2016)

• Differences between the Police of the two countries

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Déverge, C. A. (2016). Police education and training: A comparative analysis of law enforcement preparation in the United States and Canada.