AC1.3

Question 1

Crime Control Model (CCM)

Answer 1

Criminal justice should concentrate on promoting victims rights
Police powers should be expanded
Criminal justice process should operate like a conveyor belt
Zero tolerance
Right realism

Question 2

Due Process Model (DPM)

Answer 2

Criminal justice should concentrate on defendants rights
Police powers should be limited
Focussed on the presumption of innocence
Involve a thorough investigation
Left realism

Question 3

CCM links to theories

Answer 3

Right Realism - CCM argued to be conservative and right winged, prioritising order over justice, zero tolerance
Functionalism - Durkheim - crime and punishment needs to happen in order to bring about legal change, society is able to show its disapproval

Question 4

DPM links to theories

Answer 4

Left Realism - Lea and Young, argued minimal use of prisons, relative deprivation creates ‘vulnerable communities which leads to ‘criminal victimisation’
Labelling Theory - Howard Becker, stamped with a label will create a self fulfilling prophecy