The wedding cake model of criminal justice depicts the raw number of crimes committed, followed by those reported to the police, those filed by the prosecutor, and those where a conviction is secured.

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The wedding cake model of criminal justice illustrates the categorization of criminal cases by their seriousness, from the bottom layer representing the largest number of less serious cases, to the top layer representing the few high-profile cases, rather than depicting the process or numbers of crimes through the justice system stages.

The Wedding Cake Model of Criminal Justice Depicts the Raw