• E4J University Module Series: Organized Crime

• Module 9: Prosecution Strategies

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• The role of prosecutors
• Adversarial versus inquisitorial legal systems
• Mitigating punishment
• Granting immunity from prosecution
• Witness protection
• Summary
• References

• Exercises

• Case studies and exercises
• Thinking critically through fiction
• Excerpts of legislation

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Review and assessment questions
• Quiz 9
• Research and independent study questions

• Additional teaching tools

 

Published in May 2018

Regional Perspective: Pacific Islands Region - added in November 2019

Regional Perspective: Eastern and Southern Africa - added in April 2020

 

 

  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

Advanced reading

 

The following readings are recommended for students interested in exploring the topics of this Module in more detail, and for lecturers teaching the Module:

• Dammer, Harry and Jay Albanese (2014). Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, 5th ed. Wadsworth.
• Earley, Pete and Gerald Shur (2002). WITSEC: Inside the Federal Witness Protection Program. New York: Bantam Books. 131. 
• Falcon, Gabriel (2013). Inside the Witness Protection Program. CNN.com, February 16.