Explain which strategy is being used under the descriptive approach when the emphasis is on how countries go about such things as arresting people, determining whether they are guilty, and sentencing convicted offenders

What will be an ideal response?


A functions/procedures strategy is being used (rather than an institutions/actors strategy) because concern is with the similarity of jobs to be done rather than on the people doing those jobs.

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