The Principles of the CJS

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Herbert Packer: Due process & Crime control
'They represent an attempt to abstract two separate value systems that compete for priority in the operation of the criminal process …'
'Neither is presented as either corresponding to reality or representing the ideal to the exclusion of the courts'.
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Crime control model
-Repression of criminal conduct most important function performed by criminal process.
-Efficiency, both speed and finality of process.
-Presumption of guilt.
-Belief in pre-trial procedures to screen cases.
-Reliable fact-finding.
-Assembly line conveyo
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Due process model
-Distrust of fact-finding processes, pre-trial prone to errors.
-Prevention and elimination of mistakes through formal adjudicative fact finding.
-Control of powers pivotal over end result.
-Presumption of innocence.
-Impartiality and equality.
-Obstacl
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The prosecution process for the police
Stop & Account/Search or Report, Investigate, Arrest, Detention, Questioning, Charging and Prosecution file prep.
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The two models
Crime control model and Due process model.
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Other cards in this set

Card 2

Front

Crime control model

Back

-Repression of criminal conduct most important function performed by criminal process.
-Efficiency, both speed and finality of process.
-Presumption of guilt.
-Belief in pre-trial procedures to screen cases.
-Reliable fact-finding.
-Assembly line conveyo

Card 3

Front

Due process model

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

The prosecution process for the police

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The two models

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

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