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Question 1

Due process model

Answer 1

Left wing views
Links to labelling theory
Presumption of innocence, ‘innocent until proven guilty’
Emphasis suspects rights

Question 2

Rules favouring due process

Answer 2

Rights to…
- know why they are being arrested
- remain silent
- not be indefinitely detained without a charge
- legal representation
- trail by a jury

Question 3

Crime control model

Answer 3

Right wing views
Functionalist theory links
Threats to freedom, goal is to suppress crime by punishing offenders
Starts with a presumption of guilt
Empathies victims and societies rights

Question 4

Rules favouring crime control

Answer 4

• Police rights to question, stop, search, arrest
• extended detention is allowed on suspicion of indictable/ terrorist offences
• restrictions on availability of legal aid is allowed for serious offences
• evidence of bad character is sometimes permitted