Case studies

• Jill Dando:

  Crime control elements:

  • The police arrested him as they assumed he was guilty based off of small amounts of evidence
  • failed appeals
  • no compensation

  Due process elements:

  • police investigations were thorough
  • Barry was allowed to appeal
  • decisions were challenged
• Maxwell Confait:

  Crime control elements:

  • police were swift to target the three boys
  • intimidation/harassment into confession
  • pressure on the pathologist in the trial

  Due process model:

  • Change in law - PACE e.g.: interviews must be recorded
• Colin Stagg case:

  Crime control elements:

  • The police used a “honey trap scheme” to prove his guilt, known as covert human intelligence sources
  • targeting Colin as he fit the profile of a “loner”

  Due process elements:

  • Judge threw the case due to improperly obtained evidence