Due Process Model Vs Crime Control Model

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A comparison of the crime control model to that of the due process model demonstrates the ideologies of the two models are stark in comparison. While the primary focus of the crime control model is on efficiency of the process, the due process model focuses primarily on Personal freedoms and the formal fact finding processes (Bohm & Haley, 2012). The due process model commands a “formal, adjudicative fact-finding process in which cases against suspects are heard publicly by impartial trial courts” (Bohm & Haley, 2012 p 17). This approach to the criminal justice system identifies each case as unique and therefore treats them as such. By holding accountable each participant, and providing the suspect with the ability to question the means by

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