TWO MODELS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

What are the two models of criminal justice?

The crime control model

The due process model

Which model is a threat to people’s freedom?

The crime control model

Which model has the goal of crime suppression?

The crime control model

Which model has the priority of catching, punishing and deterring crime and criminals?

The crime control model

Which model starts from a presumption of guilt?

The crime control model

Which model believes that the police should be free from unnecessary legal technicalities that prevent the investigation of crime?

The crime control model

Which model favours speedy prosecutions with quick convictions and punishments?

The crime control model

Which model favours a ‘conveyor belt’ or ‘assembly line’ style of justice?

The crime control model

Which model argues that convicting a few innocent people is the price worth paying to convict a large number of criminals?

The crime control model

Which model emphasises the rights of society and victims to be protected from crime, rather than the rights of suspects?

The crime control model

Which model argued that the greatest threat to an individual’s freedom is the state?

The due process model

Which model has the goal of protecting the accused from oppression by the state and its agents?

The due process model

Which model starts from a presumption of innocence and believes in innocent until proven guilty?

The due process model

Which model has less faith in the police’s ability to conduct satisfactory investigations.

The due process model

Which model favours an ‘obstacle course’ style of justice that prosecutors have to overcome before a conviction can be achieved?

The due process model

Which model believes letting somebody guilty go free on a technicality is a lesser evil than convicting the innocent.

The due process model

Which model emphasises the rights of the accused individual?

The due process model

What theories can the crime control model be linked to?

Right realism

Functionalism

What theories can be linked to the due process model?

Labelling theory

Left realism

How does the crime control model link to right realism?

Crime control model is right wing and a conservative approach to justice.

Has much in common with right realist theories of crime.

How does the crime control model link to functionalism?

The crime control model has links with functionalism because punishment reinforces society’s moral boundaries.

Also expresses moral outrage and strengthen social cohesion.

How does the due process model link to labelling theories?

Police may be tempted to act illegally by harassing groups that they stereotype as typical criminals.

The due process model offers protection against this because it requires the police to follow lawful procedures and not be influenced by stereotypes and labels.

How does the due process model link to left realism?

Left realism views argue that if police follow the due process model and act in a lawful and non-discriminatory way, then it can help to fight crime effectively since the community is more likely to cooperate.