Law and Order “In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; and the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders. These are their stories…”
Goals of Criminal Justice Doing justice (Due Process) Controlling crime (Crime Control) Preventing crime Cole, pg 5
Where is Due Process in the Constitution? The only command that the Constitution states twice The Fifth Amendment: at the FEDERAL level, no one shall be “deprived of life, liberty or property without due process of law.” The Fourteenth Amendment: at the STATE level, uses the same phrase