• 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   

 

Exercises

 

This section contains material that is meant to support lecturers and provide ideas for interactive discussions and case-based analysis of the topic under consideration. 

• Case studies and exercises
• • Plea agreement; justice collaborators
  • United States v. Vincent Gigante
  • Obstruction of justice and the use of video conferencing technology
  • The Italian system for protecting witnesses
  • Production of Evidence (Tonga)
  • Witness Protection Program (Australia)
  • Admissibility of Skype Testimony at Trial (Federated States of Micronesia)
  • Fiji Independent Commission against Corruption's Power to Prosecute
• Thinking critically through fiction:
• • The Family
• Excerpts of legislation
• • Afghanistan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Pakistan
  • United States
  • New Zealand