AC1.3 Describe Models Of The Criminal Justice Models Of Criminal Justice

Question 1

What is the crime control model?

Answer 1

-Goal of the model is the suppression of crime.
-model starts from a presumption of guilt.
-it states that police should be free from unnecessary legal technicalities that prevents them investigating crime.
-model argues that if a few innocent people are occasionally convicted by mistake, it’s a price worth paying for convicted a large number of guilty people.
- also emphasises the rights of society and victims, rather the rights of suspects.

Question 2

Crime control theorist

Answer 2

-Supported by right realism
- favours giving the police greater powers to investigate and suppress crime.

Question 3

Crime control case examples

Answer 3

Collin stagg case- honey trap favoured by the crime control model.

Question 4

Crime control legislation

Answer 4

-favours removing police and criminal evidence act 1984 (PACE) to give police more power.

Question 5

The due process model of justice definition

Answer 5

-The goal of the model is to protect the accused from oppression by the state and its agencies .
-the model starts from a presumption of innocent until proven guilty.
-model has less faith in the police’s ability to conduct satisfactory investigations.
-means the rights of suspects and defendants need to be safeguarded.

Question 6

What are the rules and procedures the due process model of justice.

Answer 6

-arrest, questioning, legal representation, no secret trials

Question 7

(Due process model of justice) However the model also argues that

Answer 7

That this is less eve than convicting the innocent. The model emphasises the rights of the accused individual rather than those of the victim or society.

Question 8

Due process model theorist

Answer 8

-Links to the labelling theory.
-it aims to stop agencies like the police from oppressing people
-the model offers some protection as it requires police to follow lawful procedures and not exceed powers.
-also links to left realism-they believe police must follow due process by acting in a lawful, non discriminative way.

Question 9

Due process model case examples

Answer 9

Sion Jenkins- due to process rights to an appeal, allowed retrial following conviction.

Question 10

Due process model legislation

Answer 10

PACE act and human rights act- important to safeguard the defendant.