One can think of the due process and
crime control orientations as individual
characteristics. A due process orientation
represents a multitude of beliefs related to
the law and to those involved in the legal
system with the unifying characteristic of
concern for individual rights. The same
can be said of crime control beliefs and a
concern for keeping order in the legal
system. The content of these perspectives
provides specific predictions about how
an individual endorsing either perspective
would react toward different aspects of
the legal system; that is, due process
individuals would frown upon illegal
searches and seizures while crime control
individuals would be disturbed if evidence
indicative of guilt collected from the