What are the 2 crime control models
- crime control model
- due process model
What is the goal of crime control model
to suppress crime
What does the crime control model prioritise
- catching and punishing offenders
- deterring and preventing further crime
What does the crime control model presume
that all suspects are guilty
What are a few features of crime control model
- trusts police
- police shouldn’t have legal technicalities that make it hard to investigate crime e.g. search warrants
- favours assembly line justice system- speedy prosecute and punish
What does the crime control model argue about police mistakes
if a few innocent people are convicted by mistake, it is price worth paying for convicting large number of guilty people
Whose rights does crime control model focus on
victims and society
What is the goal of the due process model
to protect the accused from oppression by the state and its agents
What does the due process model presume
that all suspects are innocent, innocent until proven guilty
What are a few features of the due process model
- has less faith in the police
- shouldnt be an assembly line, the suspects rights should be safeguarded
What does the due process model argue about police mistakes
guilty sometimes go free on a ‘technicality’, this is a lesser evil than convicting an innocent person
Whose rights does due process model focus on
rights of the accused, suspect
Where is crime control model used in CJS
- police right to stop and search
- appeal rights not automatic
Where is the due process model used in CJS
- suspects right to remain silent
- right to trial by jury
- prosecution has a duty to disclose evidence
