CRIMINAL JUSTICE 255

Criminal Justice 255

Criminal Justice 255

1. Explain and discuss what the “consensus and conflict” criminal justice debate is about and why many experts feel it should continue to be debated. Do you agree that the debate should continue? Why?

Conflict criminology is best understood by reference to the various domain and background assumptions behind the various traditions (Gouldner 2000). A conflict view of society is common in all conflict theories, that is, that society is detained together, not only by consensus, but also through competition and conflict between mismatched values and interests (Liu, 2001).One suggestion of this initiative is that people ...