AC1.3 - Describe Models Of Criminal Justice

Question 1

What is the crime control model?

Answer 1

• Aims to deal with criminal cases quickly and effectively.
• Aims to punish and prevent offenders
• Zero tolerance approach (Right realism - blames individual and favours police power)
• Protects rights of victim not offender
• Doesn’t address causes of crime or deterrence.
• Functionalism = punishment reinforces society’s model boundaries.

EXAMPLE: COLIN STAGG (undercover letters)

Question 2

What is the due process Model?

Answer 2

• Focuses on innocent until proven guilty
  Police powers should be limited
• Promotes fairness and protects defendants legal rights
• Investigations should be thorough to avoid miscarriage of justice
• Left realism ( blames institution and argues oppressive policing makes people unlikely to abide by law)

EXAMPLE: Thompson and Venables (James Bulgar Killers)