Four Models Of Criminal Justice

Justice as defined by Dictionary.com, “is the moral principle determining just conduct.” According to law, when criminal offenses are committed there is a criminal justice system that works together to get justice for the victim and consequences for the wrongdoer. The four different models that societies have created are the retributive and utilitarian, which aim to reprimand the offender for their offense and the last two are the restorative and parallel models that account for both the offender and the victim’s desire for achieving justice. These different models of justice stem from various cultures and beliefs in how the justice system ought to respond to such offenses (Newmark, 2017a). Although some models intertwine with one another there