1.3 Flashcards
(4 cards)
1
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What is the crime control model of criminal justice
A
- focuses on suppression of Crime, its main goal is to catch and punish criminals.
- model starts from a presumption of guilt
- police should be free from the uneccesary legal technicalities that prevent investigating crime.
2
Q
What is the due process model of criminal justice
A
- protect the accused
- presumption of innocence.
- procedures protecting their rights.
3
Q
Crime control models- linking to theorues
A
Right realism - zero tolerance policing strategies, favours giving the police more power
Functionalism- Durkheim functionalist theory - punishment reinforces societies moral boundaries.
4
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Due process models linking to theories.
A
Labelling theory - liberal approach - police may be tempted to act illegally. Due process model gives protection against this.
Left realism