AC 1.3: Describe models of criminal justice

Question 1

What are the main features of the crime control model?

Answer 1

• Suppression of crime - threat to freedom (prioritises catching/punishing, deterring, preventing
• Presumption of guilty - trusts police
• Police free from legal technicalties that prevent investigation e.g. phone tapping, searches, DNA testing
• Conveyor builty - speedy prosecution
• Few innocenet people occasionally convicted by mistake BUT worth for convicting large mo. of guilty

Question 2

Exam Q: Identify 3 features of the crime control model of criminal justice (3).

Answer 2

1. Aim to supress crime
2. Presumption of guilt
3. Police free from unnecessary legal technicalities

Question 3

What are the features of the due process model?

Answer 3

• Power of state = threat to individual freedom e.g. police, prosecutors, judges
• Presumption of innocence - accused innocent until proven guilty after fair trial
• Less faith in police e.g. incompetence, dishonesty = needs to be safeguarded by due process rules that investigations/trials must follow e.g. arrest, questioning, legal representation, admissibility, disclosure
• Obsrtacle course to secure conviction
• Guilty sometimes free on “technicality”
• Rights of accused rather than victim

Question 4

How does right realism link to the crime control model?

Answer 4

Right-wing, conservative approach - zero tolerance policing, police have greater powers

Question 5

How does functionalism link to the crime control model?

Answer 5

Punishment reinforces society’s moral boundaries - allows society to expres moral outrage/strengthen social cohesion