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  • Essay / Herbert Packer's Due Process, Due Process And Crime...

    213) His belief is that instead of controlling crime, we should be more interested in the value system and fairness of justice. I believe that modern society favors the crime control model because law enforcement attempts to maintain order in society while trying to integrate finding the truth and solving a crime. They treat those arrested as if they were already guilty and emphasize the arrest, prosecution, and conviction of those who have broken the law. Police are allowed to question a suspect, but they must be careful not to force a false confession, because "this could result in the conviction of an innocent person." . . In each case, whether the accused's confession is unreliable is a question of fact.” (Roach, 1999, p. 678) Crime control is promoted in society because law enforcement emphasizes the importance of suppressing crime and protecting the rest of society from criminals , as opposed to the protection of human rights.