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Identify how procedural due process and substantive due process work to ensure fundamental fairness in the criminal justice process. For this exercise, think of a person who is arrested for a crime (i.e.,shoplifting);what procedural due process is followed immediately after arrest to ensure fairness. Identify the one procedural due process. Now thinking of this same crime and identify a substantive due process that ensures a law is not arbitrary.
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After examining the Crime Control Model and Due Process Model, what type best describes our current justice system model. Make sure to identify specific attributes/examples that leads you to believe this is the current criminal justice model. (It is not about picking one model as correct, the key to correctly answering this question is supporting your position with accurate attributes/examples that demonstrate and understanding of both models and their application).
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After reviewing the value of empirical evidence in the criminal justice system, identify a question you would like to examine in criminal justice. For example, “Do men commit more crimes than women?” Then identify your hypothesis (potential answer/theory) to this question. Set up a potential experiment on how you could test your answer/theory.