Pros And Cons Of The Due Process Model

Crimes have existed for ages, even though countries have enforced laws and punished those who commit them. Countries also increased the size of the police as well as the law enforcement, but still people violate the law. When watching a TV show, or reading a newspaper, or listening to the radio, it is really impossible to avoid hearing or reading about crimes, including murder, robbery, abuse, or any violent act. With the increase of crime, criminals, and the gathering of evidence, “Herbert Packer (1968) described two competing models of the administration of criminal justice models: the crime control model and the due process model” (Cole, Smith, & DeJong, 2015:27)., in order to protect citizens from the lawbreakers and receive justice. There are a pros and cons of each model that will be discussed in this essay. Firstly, the Crime Control …show more content…
When people are charged with a crime, the due process does require the criminal justice law to protect their rights and treat them as an innocent until proven guilty. The pros of this model are, if people are arrested, a courtroom has to find them guilty. This model helps the prosecutors to completely discover the truth of crime, and to clearly understand the charges, and to know better about the collective evidence. It urges the government not to be unfair to the defendants, abuse them physically, or threaten their rights. It also orders the protection of the society from the lawbreakers, as well as the lawmakers. The cons of this model are that it could take a very long time to be proven guilty. It costs a lot of money for the defendants and the court. “Even though some guilty defendants may go free because the evidence against them is not conclusive