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==Background==
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Criminal justice systems can be loosely classified as either common, civil, Islamic or socialist law in nature. However, today many jurisdictions have adopted hybrid models that combine elements of various legal systems. Many of these systems share a common set of [[Core Values | core values]]. In addition, most criminal justice systems have adopted a [[Legality Principle | legality principle]]. Almost every criminal justice system is made of of similar [[Actors in the Criminal Justice System | actors]].
Criminal justice systems can be loosely classified as either common, civil, Islamic or socialist law in nature. However, today many jurisdictions have adopted hybrid models that combine elements of various legal systems. Many of these systems share a common set of [[Core Values | core values]]. In addition, most criminal justice systems have adopted a [[Legality Principle | legality principle]].
 
==Components of a Criminal Justice System==
 
Although organized differently, most criminal justice systems are made up of the following parts:
 
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* Police
 
* Prison Officials
 
* Prosecutors, Procurators, or their equivalent
 
* Judges
 
  
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==Country Pages==
* Criminal Defense Lawyers
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* [[Jury]] (lay people acting as fact finders).
 
* Defendant(s)
 
* [[Victim's Rights | Victims]]
 
  
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*[[Afghanistan]]
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*[[Albania]]
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*[[Algeria]]
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*Andorra
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*Angola
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*Antigua and Barbuda
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*[[Argentina]]
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*Armenia
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*[[Australia]]
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*[[Austria]]
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*[[Azerbaijan]]
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*Bahamas, The
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*Bahrain
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*[[Bangladesh]]
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*Barbados
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*Belarus
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*[[Belgium]]
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*[[Belize]]
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*[[Benin]]
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*Bhutan
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*[[Bolivia]]
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*Bosnia and Herzegovina
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*[[Botswana]]
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*[[Brazil]]
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*[[Brunei]]
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*Bulgaria
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*[[Burkina Faso]]
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*[[Burundi]]
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*[[Cambodia]]
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*[[Cameroon]]
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*[[Canada]]
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*Cape Verde
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*[[République Centrafricaine|Central African Republic]]
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*[[Chad]]
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*[[Chile]]
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*[[China]]
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**[[Hong Kong]]
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**[[Taiwan]]
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*[[Colombia]]
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*[[Comoros]]
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*[[Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]
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*[[ République du Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)|Congo, Republic of the]]
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*[[Costa Rica]]
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*Croatia
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*[[Cuba]]
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*Cyprus
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*Czech Republic
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*Denmark
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*Djibouti
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*Dominica
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*[[Dominican Republic]]
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*East Timor
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*[[Ecuador]]
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*[[Egypt]]
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*[[El Salvador]]
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*[[Equatorial Guinea]]
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*[[Eritrea]]
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*Estonia
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*[[Ethiopia]]
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*Fiji
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*Finland
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*[[France]]
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**French Guiana
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**[[French Polynesia]]
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*[[Gabon]]
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*[[Gambia, The]]
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*[[Georgia]]
  
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*[[Germany]]
==Criminal Justice Systems Around the World==
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*[[Ghana]]
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*Greece
*Azerbaijan
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*Grenada
* Benin
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*[[Guatemala]]
*[[Burundi]]  
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*[[Guinea]]
* Brazil
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*[[Guinea-Bissau]]
*[[Cambodia]]  
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*Guyana
* Central African Republic
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*Haiti
*[[China]]  
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*[[Honduras]]
* Democratic Republic of Congo
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*Hungary
* Georgia
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*Iceland
* Ghana
 
* Guatemala
 
* Guinea
 
* Guinea Bissau
 
 
*[[India]]
 
*[[India]]
* Iraq
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*[[Indonesia]]
 
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*Iran
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*[[Iraq]]
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*[[Ireland]]
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*Israel
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*[[Italy]]
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*[[Côte d’Ivoire|Ivory Coast]]
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*[[Jamaica]]
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*[[Japan]]
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*Jordan
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*Kazakhstan
 
*[[Kenya]]
 
*[[Kenya]]
* Liberia  
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*Kiribati
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*Korea, North
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*[[South Korea|Korea, South]]
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*Kosovo
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*Kuwait
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*Kyrgyzstan
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*[[Laos]]
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*Latvia
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*[[Lebanon]]
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*[[Lesotho]]
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*[[Liberia]]
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*Libya
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*Liechtenstein
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*Lithuania
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*Luxembourg
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*Macedonia
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*[[Madagascar]]
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*[[Malawi]]
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*[[Malaysia]]
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*Maldives
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*[[Mali]]
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*Malta
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*Marshall Islands
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*[[Mauritania]]
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*[[Mauritius]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
* Mongolia  
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*Micronesia
* Nepal
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*[[Moldova]]
* Pakistan
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*Monaco
*[[Rwanda]]  
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*[[Mongolia]]
* Sierra Leone
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*Montenegro 
* San Salvador
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*[[Morocco]]
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*Mozambique
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*[[Myanmar]]
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*Namibia
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*Nauru
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*[[Nepal]]
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*[[Netherlands]]
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*New Zealand
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*[[Nicaragua]]
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*[[Niger]]
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*[[Nigeria]]
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*Norway
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*Oman
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*[[Pakistan]]
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*Palau
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*Palestine
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*Panama
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*Papua New Guinea
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*Paraguay
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*[[Peru]]
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*[[Philippines]]
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*[[Poland]]
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*Portugal
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*Qatar
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*[[Romania]]
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*[[Russia]]
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*[[Rwanda]]
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*Saint Kitts and Nevis
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*Saint Lucia
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*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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*Samoa
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*San Marino
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*São Tomé and Príncipe
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*[[Saudi Arabia]]
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*[[Senegal]]
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*Serbia
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*[[Seychelles]]
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*Sierra Leone
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*[[Singapore]]
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*Slovakia
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*Slovenia
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*[[Solomon Islands]]
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*Somalia
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*[[South Africa]]
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*South Sudan
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*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
* Swaziland
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*Sudan
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*Suriname
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*[[Swaziland]]
*[[Tanzania]]  
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*[[Sweden]]
*[[Uganda]]  
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*[[Switzerland]]
*[[United States]]  
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*[[Syria]]
*[[Vietnam]]  
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*Tajikistan
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*[[Tanzania]] 
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**[[Zanzibar]]
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*[[Thailand]]
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*[[Togo]]
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*Tonga
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*Trinidad and Tobago
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*[[Tunisia]]
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*[[Turkey]]
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*Turkmenistan
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*Tuvalu
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*[[Uganda]]  
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*[[Ukraine]]
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*United Arab Emirates
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*United Kingdom
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**[[England and Wales]]
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**Scotland
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*[[United States]]
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**Puerto Rico
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*Uruguay 
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*Uzbekistan
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*Vanuatu
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*[[Venezuela]]
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*[[Vietnam]]
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*Yemen
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*Zambia
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*[[Zimbabwe]] 
  
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*[[Zanzibar]]
 
*[[Zimbabwe]]
 
  
  
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Revision as of 15:34, 18 July 2019

Criminal justice systems can be loosely classified as either common, civil, Islamic or socialist law in nature. However, today many jurisdictions have adopted hybrid models that combine elements of various legal systems. Many of these systems share a common set of core values. In addition, most criminal justice systems have adopted a legality principle. Almost every criminal justice system is made of of similar actors.

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