Comparative Criminal Justice - Final Exam Questions With
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3 reasons why a case may be transferred to an international
criminal court Correct Answers 1. State is determined to be
"unable or unwilling" to pursue case
2. Collapse or unavailability of national justice system
3. Inability of State to obtain accused or necessary evidence and
testimony
4 crime categories that are under the International criminal
court's jurisdiction Correct Answers _ Crime of Genocide:
specific intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnic,
racial or religious group by killing its members or by other
means.
- Crimes against Humanity: serious violations committed as part
of a large-scale attack against any civilian population (murder,
rape, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, enslavement -
particularly of women and children, sexual slavery, torture,
apartheid and deportation)
- War Crimes: grave breaches of the Geneva conventions in an
armed conflict (child soldiers; killing or torture of civilians or
prisoners of war; intentional attacks against hospitals, historic
monuments, or buildings dedicated to religion, education, art,
science or charitable purposes)
- Crime of Aggression: It is the use of armed force by a State
against the sovereignty, integrity or independence of another
State.
, American Pimp Model" Correct Answers - Co-opting people
living on the margins of US society (runaways, homeless, poor,
disenfranchised, etc.)
- Serious manipulation of victims through psychological tactics
and drugs
- Victims, according to FBI analysis, survive 7 years in
prostitution
Arms trafficking Correct Answers - Massive quantities of
weapons outside of government control
World production of light weapons/small arms: 8 million units
every year
- 2010: global aggregate authorized trade in small arms reached
$4.4 billion with undocumented illicit trade of about $100
million
-Regional Arms "Supermarkets"
(Bangkok, Beirut, Horn of Africa)
-Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered
most in modern era from gun violence
Arms Brokers (think Drug Dealers)
Benefits and Negatives of Transitional Justice Correct Answers
1)Formal prosecutions in national courts/ad hoc international
tribunals (In-Country Justice)
Enhance legitimacy of a new government
Provide focus for rebuilding local justice system
Courts familiar to local community (Local Verdicts)
Can handle larger numbers of trials
Sense of empowerment for victims and community
Tend to have positive impact on
human rights standards
Complete Solutions
3 reasons why a case may be transferred to an international
criminal court Correct Answers 1. State is determined to be
"unable or unwilling" to pursue case
2. Collapse or unavailability of national justice system
3. Inability of State to obtain accused or necessary evidence and
testimony
4 crime categories that are under the International criminal
court's jurisdiction Correct Answers _ Crime of Genocide:
specific intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnic,
racial or religious group by killing its members or by other
means.
- Crimes against Humanity: serious violations committed as part
of a large-scale attack against any civilian population (murder,
rape, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, enslavement -
particularly of women and children, sexual slavery, torture,
apartheid and deportation)
- War Crimes: grave breaches of the Geneva conventions in an
armed conflict (child soldiers; killing or torture of civilians or
prisoners of war; intentional attacks against hospitals, historic
monuments, or buildings dedicated to religion, education, art,
science or charitable purposes)
- Crime of Aggression: It is the use of armed force by a State
against the sovereignty, integrity or independence of another
State.
, American Pimp Model" Correct Answers - Co-opting people
living on the margins of US society (runaways, homeless, poor,
disenfranchised, etc.)
- Serious manipulation of victims through psychological tactics
and drugs
- Victims, according to FBI analysis, survive 7 years in
prostitution
Arms trafficking Correct Answers - Massive quantities of
weapons outside of government control
World production of light weapons/small arms: 8 million units
every year
- 2010: global aggregate authorized trade in small arms reached
$4.4 billion with undocumented illicit trade of about $100
million
-Regional Arms "Supermarkets"
(Bangkok, Beirut, Horn of Africa)
-Sub-Saharan Africa has suffered
most in modern era from gun violence
Arms Brokers (think Drug Dealers)
Benefits and Negatives of Transitional Justice Correct Answers
1)Formal prosecutions in national courts/ad hoc international
tribunals (In-Country Justice)
Enhance legitimacy of a new government
Provide focus for rebuilding local justice system
Courts familiar to local community (Local Verdicts)
Can handle larger numbers of trials
Sense of empowerment for victims and community
Tend to have positive impact on
human rights standards
