Unit 4: AC1.3: Describe models of criminal justice Flashcards
AC1.3
What does Left Realism say about the due process model?
- In favour of the model.
- Military style policing undermines community relations, so we should focus on getting the community on side.
What does Labelling Theory say about the due process model?
- In favour of the model.
- Crime control encourages police to label ‘typical criminals’, so we should limit police power.
What does Right realism say about the crime control model?
- In favour of the model.
-Right wing theory in favour of stop and search, zero tolerance, and favours police powers.
What do Functionalists say about the crime control model?
-In favour of the model.
-Punishment reinforces society’s boundaries.
-Main function of punishment is to punish the guilty so society can express it’s outrage.
What is an advantage of the due process model?
It favours human rights
what does the due process favouring human rights suggest?
seen as more ethical- puts the rights of suspects before criminalisation.
What is another straight of the model in context of the police?
Places more controls on the behaviour of the police.
What is an example of more control being placed on the behaviour of the police?
Stops them from searching anyone without a justified reason.
However, what is one of the main issues of the model?
Guilty people go free.
What does guilty people going free have links to?
The safety of verdicts. it is also slower and less efficient.
What is put in place to make a conviction as difficult as possible?
Obstacles.
What is an advantage of the crime control model?
Guilty people get convicted and don’t go free- dealt with quickly = efficient
Who argued that under this model, weak criminal cases would be “disregarded at the earliest opportunity”?
PACKER
Furthermore, why is the public perception of ‘toughness’ on crime politically popular?
Because people feel safer.
However, this model relies on the quality of policing, what can this lead to?
Coercive practices, and in turn, miscarriages of justice.
Additionally, what is a likelier occurrence, given that the police have more rights?
Human rights abuses.
What happened in the case of COLLIN STAGG?
Stagg was tricked into confessing to the crime, thus securing a conviction at any cost.
Due Process- what case study links to this model?
Sion Jenkins- The right to appeal.
What happened in the case of Sion Jenkins in relation to due process?
-convicted of murder in 1998.
-Experience defined by consistent assertion of innocence.
What did the due process model allow Sion Jenkins to do?
Appeal
What did the successful second appeal do?
Attracted worldwide media attention.
Due Process- what is another case study that links to this model?
Gary Weddel- Right to bail.
