Criminal Procedure Policy

Criminal Procedure Policy Paper

Brandy Alston

University of Phoenix

Criminal Procedure

CJA/353

Professor Shena Dixon

March 29, 2012

Criminal Procedure Policy Paper

Safety and the right to a fair day in court with the chance of appeal, crime control model and due process model shows the different parts of the law and the different ways of thinking. While crime control and due process models are different, both impact the manner in which our justice system works. When comparing and contrasting due process and crime control model it is important to show how both sharpen the criminal policies proceeding and everyone should keep in mind their Constitutional Right are present in these models.

The manner in which these models work jointly is limited but it seems to work according to our diverse criminal system. These model stands for the evaluation of operation in our criminal justice system. Control and due process model also applies the fourth, fifth, sixth, and fourteenth amendment that applies to the justice system. In 1968 a Stanford University law professor named Herbert Packer constructed the two models. Due process model and crime control model implant themselves in our criminal policies proceeding. The crime control model consists mainly on down grading crime, to avenge the victim rights instead of protecting the right of the defendant. This model operates the criminal justice system as an assembly line, with police and prosecutors having power and being able to move cases swiftly. The due process model consists mostly with individuals’ rights and liberty, to prove due process the law has tot focus more on the rights of the defendant then the rights of the victim. The power of the police is limit and authority is held responsibility in regulation to the guideline and proceeding. The justice system could be compared to an obstacle curse a chain of procedural secures the protection of the innocent and a guilty conviction...