Crime Control Model

What are the six features of the models?

Greatest threat to freedom

Presumption of guilt and innocence

Faith in police and prosecutors

Punishment and convictions by CJS

Innocence and guilt

Rights given priority

Greatest threat to freedom

Crime

Presumption of guilt or innocence

presumption of guilt

Faith in police and prosecutors

free police from legal technicalities

Punishment and convictions by CJS

conveyer belt CJS ( deals swiftly)

Innocence and guilt

a few innocent people convicted is a price worth paying

Rights given priority

rights of society and victims

Links to theories

Right Realism: right wing, conservative approach to justice, favours giving police greater powers to investigate crime

Example: zero tolerance policing strategies

Rules governing CJS

Police rights to search, question, arrest

Negative inferences made if suspect remains silent in questioning

Extended time before access to lawyer (only serious offences)