Crime Control Perspectives

According to Edkins & Royal (2011), a crime control perspective classifies crime prevention as an ideology that focuses on the greater good or individual rights. On the one hand, it emphasizes the need to uphold societal interests above individual rights regarding security and crime prevention. For instance, the death penalty is primarily based on its benefits to society over the executed criminal. Death sentences deter others from committing similar crimes in the future because they fear that they may get similar sentences. On the other hand, it imposes obstacles to protecting suspected offenders. To that end, there are two types of crime control perspectives- crime control and due process.

Crime Control versus Due Process Perspectives

Crime control and due process models are the two competing crime prevention models. The disharmony between the two models is responsible for the differences in the current criminal justice system that manifests in the contemporary world. The two models impact justice delivery.

Crime Control Perspective

One fundamental assertion of the crime control model is that the justice system’s cardinal role is to repress crime. Also, the crime control perspective model asserts that the criminal justice system should focus on upholding the victim’s rights over the offenders (Kaylor, 2014). Besides, the model emphasizes the need to empower the police with more rights to search premises and seize property associated with crime. Proponents of the model also emphasize the need to eliminate the legal technicalities that hinder police work and that the legal justice system should operate like a conveyor belt, executing cases swiftly.

Due Process Perspective

On the other hand, due process avers that the criminal justice system’s primary role is to ensure fundamental fairness based on the law. In this model, the criminal justice system protects suspects’ lawful entitlements (Kaylor, 2014). The model seeks to reduce police power in searching and arresting convicts. It is shrouded by myriad legal obstacles that act as safeguards to protect the factually innocent but ultimately convict the factually guilty.

References

Edkins, V. A., & Royal, K. D. (2011). Evaluating The Due Process And Crime Control Perspectives Using Rasch Measurement Analysis.

Kaylor, E. H. (2014). Crime control, due process, & evidentiary exclusion: When exceptions become the rule. Proceedings of the New York State Communication Association, 2013(2013), 6.

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