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Due Process Model Vs Crime Control Model

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One difference between crime control model (the assembly- line justice) and due process model (obstacle-course justice) is that crime control emulates traditional conservative values, and due process demonstrates traditional liberal values. In crime control criminal behavior is the most important function of criminal justice, and due process main goal in criminal justice is as least as much to protect the innocent as it is to convict the guilty. In other words it would rather let someone go that is guilty, than to convict and charge someone of a crime that is innocent. Crime control main focus is on the competence of the criminal justice process. Supporters of the crime control like to see cases move through and close as quickly as possible.

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