3. Fast, efficient in admin, prosecution. High judicial productivity.
-Social and political stability, modern economy, effective law and order
•Law appears to be a precursor of order. Good laws lead to good order
4. Crime control model vs due progress model:
The following assertions are the key concerns of the crime control model:
1. The repression of crime should be the most important function of criminal justice
because order is a necessary condition for a free society.
2. Criminal justice should concentrate on vindicating victims’ rights rather than on
protecting defendants’ rights.
3. Police powers should be expanded to make it easier to investigate, arrest, search, seize,
and convict.
4. Legal technicalities that handcuff the police should be eliminated.
5. The criminal justice process should operate like an assembly‐line conveyor belt,
moving cases swiftly along toward their disposition.
6. If the police make an arrest and a prosecutor files criminal charges, the accused should
be presumed guilty because the fact‐finding of police and prosecutors is highly reliable.
7. The main objective of the criminal justice process should be to discover the truth or to
establish the factual guilt of the accused.
Packer’s due process model is a counterproposal to the crime control model. It
consists of these arguments:
1. The most important function of criminal justice should be to provide due process, or
fundamental fairness under the law.
2. Criminal justice should concentrate on defendants’ rights, not victims’ rights, because
the Bill of Rights expressly provides for the protection of defendants’ rights.
3. Police powers should be limited to prevent official oppression of the individual.
4. Constitutional rights aren’t mere technicalities; criminal justice authorities should be
held accountable to rules, procedures, and guidelines to ensure fairness and consistency
in the justice process.