In Bolivia, female penitentiaries are not different from the male penitentiaries. One of the female prisons is worse than the majority of its male counterparts. For example, the San Sebastian female prison is far more overcrowded than other prisons. Juveniles convicted under the Bolivian correctional system are not differentiated from adult criminals and housed under the same prison, with no separations. Adult criminals and juvenile criminals receive very little to no rehabilitation programs to improve behavior (http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu, nd). That is a serious issue in the correctional system of Bolivia.
U.S. criminal procedure and corrections:
The criminal procedure for the U.S is a bit more complicated than that of Bolivia, but shares in …show more content…
Overall data on crime in Bolivia indicates that there are low levels of crime, when compared to other industrialized nations. Bolivia, the U.S., and Japan crime rates were compared for seven offenses (rape, murder, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, motor vehicle theft and larceny) derived from the FBI Crime Index. When the overall crime rates of these offenses in these nations were compared, the results showed that per 100,000 Bolivia has a rate of 117.7, Japan has a rate of 1,709.88, and the U.S has a rate of 4,123.97 (http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu). As we can see Bolivian crime rate is low when compared to the U.S crime rates.
One of the biggest crime issues in Bolivia is drug production and trafficking. Bolivia could well potentially be the third biggest manufacturer of cocaine (http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu, nd). Among the issue of drug production and trafficking, violence against women and child prostitution/labor in poor areas is a continual problem. Education seems to be a problem in Bolivia for children as well. …show more content…
In my opinion, one key difference is the way these countries function. There is a clear difference on how much more effective the U.S system is in working together as a government and criminal justice system than compared to that of Bolivia. There are commonalities (but not exactly the same) on how the government is structured, court systems, providing rights to defendants; both are adversarial system in the courts, and the purpose of the police is similar, to just name a few. These two nations also have differences. Some examples are Bolivia has a civil court system, while the U.S is a common law system, the number of Court justices in the Supreme Court differs, Bolivia has a more corrupt and unstable correctional system, their nations’ histories, the Bolivian police is under the presidents leadership and selects departmental chiefs. I believe that Bolivian system is far more corrupt than the U.S system. I am of Bolivian origin and as I wrote this paper, it frustrated and saddened me how ineffective, nonintegrated, and unwilling the people of Bolivia were in the past to gather together under one constitution, while the U.S. did so effectively, amending its constitution accordingly. Although it was frustrating, at times, writing on the brief history, government, and criminal justice system of Bolivia, I am
U.S. criminal procedure and corrections:
The criminal procedure for the U.S is a bit more complicated than that of Bolivia, but shares in …show more content…
Overall data on crime in Bolivia indicates that there are low levels of crime, when compared to other industrialized nations. Bolivia, the U.S., and Japan crime rates were compared for seven offenses (rape, murder, aggravated assault, robbery, burglary, motor vehicle theft and larceny) derived from the FBI Crime Index. When the overall crime rates of these offenses in these nations were compared, the results showed that per 100,000 Bolivia has a rate of 117.7, Japan has a rate of 1,709.88, and the U.S has a rate of 4,123.97 (http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu). As we can see Bolivian crime rate is low when compared to the U.S crime rates.
One of the biggest crime issues in Bolivia is drug production and trafficking. Bolivia could well potentially be the third biggest manufacturer of cocaine (http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu, nd). Among the issue of drug production and trafficking, violence against women and child prostitution/labor in poor areas is a continual problem. Education seems to be a problem in Bolivia for children as well. …show more content…
In my opinion, one key difference is the way these countries function. There is a clear difference on how much more effective the U.S system is in working together as a government and criminal justice system than compared to that of Bolivia. There are commonalities (but not exactly the same) on how the government is structured, court systems, providing rights to defendants; both are adversarial system in the courts, and the purpose of the police is similar, to just name a few. These two nations also have differences. Some examples are Bolivia has a civil court system, while the U.S is a common law system, the number of Court justices in the Supreme Court differs, Bolivia has a more corrupt and unstable correctional system, their nations’ histories, the Bolivian police is under the presidents leadership and selects departmental chiefs. I believe that Bolivian system is far more corrupt than the U.S system. I am of Bolivian origin and as I wrote this paper, it frustrated and saddened me how ineffective, nonintegrated, and unwilling the people of Bolivia were in the past to gather together under one constitution, while the U.S. did so effectively, amending its constitution accordingly. Although it was frustrating, at times, writing on the brief history, government, and criminal justice system of Bolivia, I am