Due Process Model Vs. Crime Control Model

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There are 2 different value systems in criminal justice according to Herbert Packer. One is the crime control model and the other is the due process model. In the crime control model, they want the system to move faster and more efficiently. “Packer characterizes the crime control model as “assembly-line justice” (Bohm & Haley, 2014, p. 16). This means that the system runs at a faster pace and using plea bargaining to achieve their goals. In this model, they use the presumption of guilty instead of innocent until proven guilty. The due process model is based more on presuming that someone is innocent until proven guilty instead of just the assumption of guilt. In due process, they would rather a guilty man go free instead of an innocent man doing time because he was …show more content…

Granted due process is not as fast as crime control, it is a better way of dealing with the people. Everyone should be able to have a fair trial, they should be considered innocent until proven guilty. If we did not have due process then everyone one would get the same sentence for the same crime. If Sally has a record for assault and got into a fight again, she should get a harsher sentence then Jane that has no record and has never been in a fight till now. In crime control, both ladies would be sentenced the same or having to make a plea deal. In due process, each person is looked at as an individual. Or also, say that an officer got all the information that he needed to arrest someone, but he ended up arresting the wrong man, in due process, they would need proof of legal guilt and factual guilt to be convicted. Sometimes it is better to let a guilty man walk then to send an innocent man to jail. If a guilty man walks, he may change his life. Or he may commit another crime, in committing another crime, that is another chance to arrest him. Now if an innocent man goes to jail, that is a life that has been ruined for no

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