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Question 1

What are the 2 models of criminal justice?

Answer 1

Due Process
Crime Control

Question 2

What is Due Process?

Answer 2

The presumption of Innocence.
Protects the rights of suspects and defendants.
Obstacle Course- prosecutors overcome to secure a conviction.
Lesser evil than convicting innocent.
Protect the accused from oppression by the state and its agents.

Question 3

What is Crime Control?

Answer 3

Aims to suppress crimes- it’s a threat to people’s freedom.
Presumption of guilt- trust police
Police should investigate without legal hinderance.
Conveyer Belt System - speeds up process.
Rights of society and victims.
Few innocent people are occasionally convicted by mistake.

Question 4

Theories that link to Due Process?

Answer 4

Left Realism- society is to blame for crime, e.g. poverty, unequal structure, relative deprivation.
Labelling Theory- self-fulfilling prophecy, 2nd Chance, allowing change and acknowledging a reason.

Question 5

Theories that link to Crime Control?

Answer 5

Right Realism- Individual is blamed, biological differences, rational choice theory.
Functionalism- crimes needed for society to progress, boundary maintenance and social change