Crime Control vs. Due Process

p Crime control vs . Due Process

The criminal justice system in the United States has over time and in recent times been developed in two model systems . The crime control model and due process model . The two systems have been adopted over time to deal with the spiraling rate of crime . On the one hand conflict and crime control model which other commentators have referred as social reality crime tend to associate the crime on how it is affected by the dynamics that mould the society 's social , economic and political structure

p The crime control model works on the assumption that the criminal law as enacted by parliament and enforced by the police and prosecutors can control crime . This model looks to the legislature as opposed to the courts as its validating authority and accepts extensive reliance that legislatures place on the criminal sanction (The new law victim 's rights , Kent Roach

The crime control policy otherwise termed by Malcolm M Feeley and Jonathan Simon as a new concept in their article `The new penology ' is neither about punishing nor about rehabilitating individuals . The system is about identifying and managing unruly groups

On the other hand consensus and due process model describes the values that courts have embraced in many of their decisions . The model 's main purpose is protection of rights of citizens . Due process is like an obstacle course , you have to keep going through the legal obstacle to ensure in the end you convict the right person...