CRIM 2652 Chapter Notes -Youth Criminal Justice Act, Ontario Provincial Police, Canadian Police Information Centre
Document Summary
Chapter 1: criminal justice in canada: an overview. Two competing perspective underlie our criminal justice systems developed by herbert. Packer, the two models are crime control & due process. The crime control model stresses the importance of controlling crime & favours providing criminal justice professionals with considerable powers for responding to crime. Crime control advocates would support giving police wide powers to search suspects, enter people"s houses, & detain persons accused of a crime. The due process model limits the powers of the criminal justice system to prosecute accused persons. Due process advocates argue that if the state is not subject to some limits, society will become intolerable as people will be subjected to constant surveillance & police interventions. The due process model is more concerned with protecting the rights of the accused & following correct legal procedure. A criminal justice system founded exclusively on one perspective or the other would be problematic.
