Criminal Justice : Security and Justice Thematic Paper

Strengthening the rule of law is widely regarded among traditional donors, multilateral institutions, and a growing number of middle income and fragile states as a necessary precondition for sustainable peace, poverty alleviation, and development....

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Main Author: Sherman, Jake
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
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spelling okr-10986-275152021-04-23T14:04:43Z Criminal Justice : Security and Justice Thematic Paper Sherman, Jake ABUSE ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCOUNTABILITY ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ANTI-CORRUPTION ANTICORRUPTION ARBITRATION ARRESTS ATTORNEYS ATTORNEYS GENERAL BANKS BASIC SERVICES CIVIL LAW CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COLLUSION COMMUNITY POLICING COMPENSATION COMPLAINTS CONFIDENCE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES CORRUPT CORRUPT OFFICIALS CORRUPTION CORRUPTION LEGISLATION CORRUPTION ­ LEGISLATION COURT COURTS CRIME CRIME PREVENTION CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES CRIMINAL CASES CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINALITY CRIMINALS CUSTOMARY COURTS CUSTOMARY LAW DEMOCRACY DETAINEES DETENTION DISCRIMINATION DRUG TRAFFICKING EU EXTRADITION FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT GANG GANGS GENDER GENDER BIAS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS HOME HOMICIDE HOUSES HUMAN RIGHTS IMPLEMENTATION OF LAW INEQUALITIES INHERITANCE INITIATIVE INTEGRITY INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS INTERNATIONAL NORMS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATIONS INVESTIGATORS JAILS JUDGE JUDGES JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL TRAINING JUDICIARIES JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUSTICE SYSTEM LAW ENFORCEMENT LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS LAWS LAWYER LAWYERS LEADERSHIP LEGAL AID LEGAL ASSISTANCE LEGAL EDUCATION LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL PROCEDURES LEGAL REFORM LEGAL REPRESENTATION LEGAL SYSTEMS MEDIATION MILITARY COURTS MINISTRIES OF JUSTICE MONOPOLY MULTINATIONAL NATIONAL LAW NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES OFFENDERS OVERCROWDED PRISONS PARENTS PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT PEACE ACCORDS PEACEKEEPING PENAL CODE POLICE POLICE OFFICERS POLICE SERVICES POLICING POLITICIANS PRETRIAL DETENTION PRISON PRISONERS PRISONS PROSECUTION PROSECUTIONS PROSECUTOR PROSECUTORS PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PUBLIC DEFENDERS PUBLIC INFORMATION PUNISHMENT RAPE REMEDY REPRESSION RULE OF LAW SANCTIONS SENTENCING SERVICE DELIVERY SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOLDIERS SPECIAL PROSECUTORS STATE GOVERNMENTS STATE INSTITUTIONS STATUTORY AUTHORITY STREET CHILDREN TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TERRORISM TRANSPARENCY TRIAL URBAN CRIME VICTIMS VIOLENCE VIOLENT CRIME WAR WILL WITNESS YOUTH Strengthening the rule of law is widely regarded among traditional donors, multilateral institutions, and a growing number of middle income and fragile states as a necessary precondition for sustainable peace, poverty alleviation, and development. Crime and violence deter investment and lower employment, undermine social institutions, and divert resources through direct and indirect costs, all of which hinder development. It is likely to disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations by limiting access to basic services. The formal criminal justice system is seen in many environments as failing to deliver justice. Most states experiencing fragility do not have the capacity to effectively prevent crime, enforce laws, or peacefully resolve disputes across the whole of their territories. There is another powerful deterrent for communities to seek redress through state criminal justice institutions: they are frequently a primary instrument for the government and elites to maintain power and control through the perpetration of injustice. The informal system, however, is alone insufficient to handle the pressing justice requirements of fragile states, not least for preventing and responding to inter-communal conflict, to serious organized and cross-border crime, and to public corruption and other 'white collar' crime. 2017-06-30T16:25:51Z 2017-06-30T16:25:51Z 2010-11-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/435131468182669861/Criminal-justice-security-and-justice-thematic-paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27515 English en_US World Development Report 2011 Background Papers; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research
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topic ABUSE
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
ANTI-CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
ARBITRATION
ARRESTS
ATTORNEYS
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
BANKS
BASIC SERVICES
CIVIL LAW
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
COLLUSION
COMMUNITY POLICING
COMPENSATION
COMPLAINTS
CONFIDENCE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
CORRUPT
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION LEGISLATION
CORRUPTION ­ LEGISLATION
COURT
COURTS
CRIME
CRIME PREVENTION
CRIMES
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
CRIMINAL CASES
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINALITY
CRIMINALS
CUSTOMARY COURTS
CUSTOMARY LAW
DEMOCRACY
DETAINEES
DETENTION
DISCRIMINATION
DRUG TRAFFICKING
EU
EXTRADITION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GANG
GANGS
GENDER
GENDER BIAS
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
HOME
HOMICIDE
HOUSES
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPLEMENTATION OF LAW
INEQUALITIES
INHERITANCE
INITIATIVE
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS
INTERNATIONAL NORMS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATIONS
INVESTIGATORS
JAILS
JUDGE
JUDGES
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL REFORM
JUDICIAL TRAINING
JUDICIARIES
JUDICIARY
JURISDICTION
JUSTICE
JUSTICE SYSTEM
LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
LAWS
LAWYER
LAWYERS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL AID
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
LEGAL EDUCATION
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROCEDURES
LEGAL REFORM
LEGAL REPRESENTATION
LEGAL SYSTEMS
MEDIATION
MILITARY COURTS
MINISTRIES OF JUSTICE
MONOPOLY
MULTINATIONAL
NATIONAL LAW
NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES
OFFENDERS
OVERCROWDED PRISONS
PARENTS
PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT
PEACE ACCORDS
PEACEKEEPING
PENAL CODE
POLICE
POLICE OFFICERS
POLICE SERVICES
POLICING
POLITICIANS
PRETRIAL DETENTION
PRISON
PRISONERS
PRISONS
PROSECUTION
PROSECUTIONS
PROSECUTOR
PROSECUTORS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
PUBLIC DEFENDERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUNISHMENT
RAPE
REMEDY
REPRESSION
RULE OF LAW
SANCTIONS
SENTENCING
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOLDIERS
SPECIAL PROSECUTORS
STATE GOVERNMENTS
STATE INSTITUTIONS
STATUTORY AUTHORITY
STREET CHILDREN
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TERRORISM
TRANSPARENCY
TRIAL
URBAN CRIME
VICTIMS
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CRIME
WAR
WILL
WITNESS
YOUTH
spellingShingle ABUSE
ACCESS TO JUSTICE
ACCOUNTABILITY
ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION
ANTI-CORRUPTION
ANTICORRUPTION
ARBITRATION
ARRESTS
ATTORNEYS
ATTORNEYS GENERAL
BANKS
BASIC SERVICES
CIVIL LAW
CIVIL SERVANTS
CIVIL SOCIETY
CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
COLLUSION
COMMUNITY POLICING
COMPENSATION
COMPLAINTS
CONFIDENCE
CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES
CORRUPT
CORRUPT OFFICIALS
CORRUPTION
CORRUPTION LEGISLATION
CORRUPTION ­ LEGISLATION
COURT
COURTS
CRIME
CRIME PREVENTION
CRIMES
CRIMINAL
CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES
CRIMINAL CASES
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
CRIMINALITY
CRIMINALS
CUSTOMARY COURTS
CUSTOMARY LAW
DEMOCRACY
DETAINEES
DETENTION
DISCRIMINATION
DRUG TRAFFICKING
EU
EXTRADITION
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GANG
GANGS
GENDER
GENDER BIAS
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
HOME
HOMICIDE
HOUSES
HUMAN RIGHTS
IMPLEMENTATION OF LAW
INEQUALITIES
INHERITANCE
INITIATIVE
INTEGRITY
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS
INTERNATIONAL NORMS
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS
INVESTIGATION
INVESTIGATIONS
INVESTIGATORS
JAILS
JUDGE
JUDGES
JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE
JUDICIAL REFORM
JUDICIAL TRAINING
JUDICIARIES
JUDICIARY
JURISDICTION
JUSTICE
JUSTICE SYSTEM
LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS
LAWS
LAWYER
LAWYERS
LEADERSHIP
LEGAL AID
LEGAL ASSISTANCE
LEGAL EDUCATION
LEGAL FRAMEWORK
LEGAL PROCEDURES
LEGAL REFORM
LEGAL REPRESENTATION
LEGAL SYSTEMS
MEDIATION
MILITARY COURTS
MINISTRIES OF JUSTICE
MONOPOLY
MULTINATIONAL
NATIONAL LAW
NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES
OFFENDERS
OVERCROWDED PRISONS
PARENTS
PARLIAMENTARY OVERSIGHT
PEACE ACCORDS
PEACEKEEPING
PENAL CODE
POLICE
POLICE OFFICERS
POLICE SERVICES
POLICING
POLITICIANS
PRETRIAL DETENTION
PRISON
PRISONERS
PRISONS
PROSECUTION
PROSECUTIONS
PROSECUTOR
PROSECUTORS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
PUBLIC DEFENDERS
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUNISHMENT
RAPE
REMEDY
REPRESSION
RULE OF LAW
SANCTIONS
SENTENCING
SERVICE DELIVERY
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
SOCIAL PROBLEMS
SOLDIERS
SPECIAL PROSECUTORS
STATE GOVERNMENTS
STATE INSTITUTIONS
STATUTORY AUTHORITY
STREET CHILDREN
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TERRORISM
TRANSPARENCY
TRIAL
URBAN CRIME
VICTIMS
VIOLENCE
VIOLENT CRIME
WAR
WILL
WITNESS
YOUTH
Sherman, Jake
Criminal Justice : Security and Justice Thematic Paper
relation World Development Report 2011 Background Papers;
description Strengthening the rule of law is widely regarded among traditional donors, multilateral institutions, and a growing number of middle income and fragile states as a necessary precondition for sustainable peace, poverty alleviation, and development. Crime and violence deter investment and lower employment, undermine social institutions, and divert resources through direct and indirect costs, all of which hinder development. It is likely to disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations by limiting access to basic services. The formal criminal justice system is seen in many environments as failing to deliver justice. Most states experiencing fragility do not have the capacity to effectively prevent crime, enforce laws, or peacefully resolve disputes across the whole of their territories. There is another powerful deterrent for communities to seek redress through state criminal justice institutions: they are frequently a primary instrument for the government and elites to maintain power and control through the perpetration of injustice. The informal system, however, is alone insufficient to handle the pressing justice requirements of fragile states, not least for preventing and responding to inter-communal conflict, to serious organized and cross-border crime, and to public corruption and other 'white collar' crime.
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author Sherman, Jake
author_facet Sherman, Jake
author_sort Sherman, Jake
title Criminal Justice : Security and Justice Thematic Paper
title_short Criminal Justice : Security and Justice Thematic Paper
title_full Criminal Justice : Security and Justice Thematic Paper
title_fullStr Criminal Justice : Security and Justice Thematic Paper
title_full_unstemmed Criminal Justice : Security and Justice Thematic Paper
title_sort criminal justice : security and justice thematic paper
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2017
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/435131468182669861/Criminal-justice-security-and-justice-thematic-paper
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27515
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