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Conflict theory is a field of sociology that focuses on competition and the dynamics of conflicting interests between different social groups as the fundamental force underpinning culture and politics. Conflict theories of criminal justice look at criminal laws as a means of exerting control.
1 Ιαν 2014 · Research on conflict issues has generally focused on the differential processing of individuals at various points in the criminal justice system.
Generally speaking, conflict theory addresses the struggles between groups in the context of power differential and oppression. Conflict theory seeks to identify the origins of group conflict, illuminate the conditions in which conflict develops and solidifies, and theorize on the elimination of the conflict.
22 Ιαν 2014 · The usefulness of conflict models of criminality and the law is limited by the fact that society is not just a system of conflicting and competing interest groups. Conflict theory has, however, been used to explore organized and white-collar crime, arrest and sentencing patterns, and crime patterns of various minority groups.
15 Φεβ 2007 · Much of the sociological and criminological mainstream assumes that society is organized around and characterized by consensus; however, conflict theorists place the process of discord at the center of cultural, institutional, and organizational dynamics.
The core thesis of critical criminology can be most concisely summarized as a critique of domination, inequality, and injustice. Starting with the definition of “crime” itself, critical criminologists expose the biases and political agenda of mainstream criminology and advance an alternative approach to understanding crime and criminal justice.
27 Ιαν 2013 · This article identifies and discusses four models that seek to explain the development of the criminal justice system and in whose interests it operates. Three existing, apparently competing, and contradictory models are identified: (1) the orthodox social progress model; (2) the radical conflict model; and (3) the carceral society surveillance ...
