AC1.3 - Describe Models of Criminal Justice Flashcards
What is the due process model of criminal justice? (4 answers)
Innocent until proven guilty.
Emphasises the rights of the defendant at all stages of the justice system.
A citizens fair treatment within the rules of a government’s legal system- necessity of producing fairness.
Left wing approach focusing on the inequalities created by capitalism.
What is the crime control model of criminal justice? (5 answers)
Emphasises efficient arrest and conviction of criminal offenders.
Focuses on producing a swift verdict with zero tolerance.
Focuses on the rights of the victims.
Punish criminals and stop them committing further crimes.
Right wing zero tolerance policy.
What is right realism? (2 answers)
Believes individuals make a rational choice to commit crime.
Emphasises tough control measures to reduce crime, such as zero-tolerance policing.
What is left realism? (2 answers)
Believes the main causes of criminalisation are marginalisation, relative deprivation and subculture
Emphasises community oriented programmes for controlling and reducing crime.
What other 2 theories are connected to the due process model of criminal justice?
Left realism.
Labelling theory.
What other 2 theories are connected to the crime control model of criminal justice?
Right realism.
Functionalism.
What’s a case example of due process?
Venables v UK
What’s a case example of crime control?
Colin Stagg