AC 1.3: Describe models of criminal justice Flashcards
Describe 3 features of the Crime Control Model
Conveyer belt system where suspects are prosecuted quickly.
Crime is a threat to public safety.
Is a right realist conservative approach that believes in zero tolerance and means the police should be given more power under the PACE Act.
Functionalism argues that the crime control model reinforces societies moral boundaries. As the main function of justice is to punish the guilty, the enables society to express moral outrage and social cohesion through boundary maintenance.
Describe 3 features of the due process model
Is suspicious of the government and its agencies and believes they pose a threat to public safety and individual freedom.
Wants to protect individual rights of suspects in the court of law and believes in a suspects innocence until they are found guilty.
Is supported by labelling theory which argues that if people from a certain demographic or area are labelled as criminal or treated as such by the over-policing of their neighbourhoods, they internalise those labels, and self-fulfilling prophecy will occur.
Evaluate the Crime Control Model
Miscarriages of justice often occur due to the police following a conveyer belt system. For example, the Sally Clark case where she was blamed for the death of her children as the court did not follow due process.
Framing criminals as a threat to public freedom does not allow the public to understand the nuances around why people may commit crime. Such as poverty, lack of education, and the cost of living crisis.
The conveyer belt system may lead to high recidivism rates and due to blaming convicts and lack of support or measures in prison.
However, it does meet the aims of punishment, focusing on public safety, retribution, deterrence and reparations.
The crime control model is also victim focused and allows members of the public to show their moral outrage
Evaluate the due process model
It undermines the power of the government and its agencies which limit their power to arrest and detain criminals who pose a threat to public safety.
Centres the perpetrator instead of the victim and does not meet aims of punishment such as retribution.
May focus more on rehabilitating convicts instead of using a conveyer belt system.
Uses due process, which allows the rights of suspects to be protected. And allows for there to be rightful sentences, without it being rushed.
Makes sure the CPS gather enough evidence to make a fair case.
