Towards a Common Language of Criminal Justice Across the World: The International and United Nations Experience (From For the Rule of Law: Criminal Justice Teaching and Training @cross the World, No. 53, P 17-44, 2008, Kauko Aromaa, Salwomir Redo, eds. -- See NCJ-223219)

• NCJ Number: 223220
• Author(s): Kauko Aromaa; Slawomir Redo
• Date Published: 2008
• Length: 28 pages
• Corporate Author: United Nations European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI); Korean Institute of Criminal Justice Policy, (KICJP)
• Sale Source: Criminal Justice Press/Willow Tree Press
• Publication Format: Book Chapter
• Publication Type: Literature Review
• Language: English
• Country: Finland

Annotation

This introduction chapter reviews the content of For the Rule of Law: Criminal Justice Teaching and Training Cross the World, specifically the international and United Nations experience in the development of one global criminal justice message on the importance of the rule of law in teaching and training.

Abstract

In teaching and training, using a common language of criminal justice requires both content- and experience-based information. This book is a contribution towards this end. The content of this anthology goes into a broader theme of the rule of law and transition justice. It informs the readership what these concepts mean internationally, taking into account that the United Nations is one of the key providers of the precepts of the rule of law and transitional justice. The content for the common language is provided by the United Nations standards and norms in crime prevention and criminal justice. In 2004, the Secretary General of the United Nations in the report to the Security Council noted that in articulating a common language of justice for the United Nations, concepts such as the rule of law, justice, and transitional justice are essential to understanding the international community’s efforts to enhance human rights, protect persons from fear and want, address property disputes, encourage economic development, promote accountable governance, and peacefully resolve conflicts. This book attempts to make a targeted contribution to international and United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice education and training at the undergraduate/graduate and post-graduate level. It focuses on education and training throughout the world, in terms of programs, projects or other initiatives or ideas that may contribute to a more effective and humane treatment of offenders and victims of crime, and to crime prevention. The chapters in this book seek to advance instrumentally the aforementioned common language of justice, specifically criminal justice, by looking into the modalities of delivering the rule of law message in the two settings: academic and training, both in terms of real and virtual contact with the audience. References