Due Process Vs Crime Control Model

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Crime Control and Due Process In my opinion our criminal justice system operates as both the Crime Control Model and as a Due Process Model combined. Although I feel that with the recent state of our country we are more heavily weighted to the Crime Control Model at the moment. The Due Process Model is still a vital part of our country’s criminal justice system and due to the United States Constitution it always will be. One example of the Crime Control Model over shadowing the Due Process Model is to the enactment of USA Freedom Act (Digest). While this is an act that helps keep the United States safe from terrorist activity is still allows the collection of call detail records of suspects. This could be seen as a violation of