Topic 1B Test Flashcard 2024 2025

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Herbert Packer (1964) outlined two competing models of the value systems operating within criminal justice today: The crime control model and the due process model.

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crime control model and the due process model.

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According to Packer, “The value system that underlies the Crime Control Model is based on the proposition that the repression of criminal conduct is by far:

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most important function to be performed by the criminal process

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Therefore, adherents of the Crime Control Model advocate enhancing the powers of the police to investigate and prosecute criminals.

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enhancing the powers of the police to investigate and prosecute criminals.

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The Due Process Model takes a rather opposite view of how the system should operate. The key to understanding this position is that it hinges on protecting the civil rights of every citizen.

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True

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A major policy implication if this view is to limit police powers in order to prevent the oppression of the individual citizen. Adherents of this position hold that merely establishing guilt is not adequate; the government must show guilt in a fair and legal way that respects the rights of the police.

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Due Process Model

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The Civil Rights revolution started in what year?

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1962

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The United States Supreme Court consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight associate justices.

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eight associate justices.

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The Supreme Court each year hears a limited number of the cases it is asked to decide. Those cases may begin in the federal or state courts, and they usually involve important questions about the Constitution or federal law. This standard is often referred to as a _______

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substantial federal question

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It is the authority of the Supreme Court to review the acts of Congress and determine if those acts meet the standards set forth in the Constitution. It is interesting that the power of _______ was never directly vested in the court in the text of the Constitution.

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Judicial review

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__________________ refers to the idea that justices should only strike down acts of the legislative branch when those laws are in direct conflict with a constitutional provision.

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Judicial modesty