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The Framework of Criminal Justice (Hardcover)
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The Framework of Criminal Justice (Hardcover)
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Police and Policing
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In The Framework of Criminal Justice, originally published in 1981,
the criminal justice process is analysed by using six models, each
of which expresses a different justification for criminal justice
and punishment: the due process model - exacting justice between
equal parties; the crime control model - punishing wrong and
preventing further crime; the bureaucratic model - controlling
crime and criminals; the medical model - rehabilitating offenders;
the status passage model - publicly denouncing the crime and
criminal; and the power model - maintaining domination by the
ruling class and reinforcing class values. The study examines the
formal rules and procedures of the magistrate court system within
the context of these models and also discusses the roles of the
actors (police, defendant, magistrate, court clerks, and lawyers).
Next, the study depicts eight scenes that occur from the
defendant's arrest through a court hearing to sentencing. It
assesses how closely the activity and behaviour within the system
follow the formal protections granted by the British system of
justice, and it concludes that the process is far more complex and
the rules far more open to interpretation than is commonly
believed. The book suggests that this miscalculation has led to the
failure of various reforms - special attention is given to the Bail
Reform Act of 1976 and two sections of the Criminal Law Act of
1977. It further suggests that real reform must depend upon an
understanding of the political nature of the criminal justice
system.
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