Criminal justice, like many other social sciences, is culturally specific. As criminal justice matures as a viable academic field, the significant contribution of the comparative method to the educationalprocess will undoubtedly be realized. The purpose of this article is to suggest some approaches for teaching comparative criminal justice to undergraduates.
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