Describe and distinguish the due process and the crime control perspectives
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: Answers will vary, but good answers should include a discussion of the competing concerns in criminal procedure of controlling crime and the guarantee of due process rights. Liberals tend to focus on liberty interests ? individual liberty and rights while conservatives tend to focus on crime control using a
?cost/benefit perspective, crime control advocates believe that the benefit of controlling crime to society
at large outweighs the cost of infringing on some individuals? due process protections.?
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