Conflict View Versus Consensus View Assignment

Conflict vs. Consensus
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June 10, 2017
In its most general definition, Consensus theorists of the Criminal system believes that the law is a fairly accurate representation of the whole society’s will, while on the other hand, Conflict theorists believe that law – both its creation and implementation – is only controlled by a handful of powerful people in the state CITATION Pea15 \l 1033 (Peak, 2015). Perhaps, the biggest difference between the two is their history, since Consensus theorists originated for the writings of John Locke and his famous Social Contract Theory, while Conflict Theorists took a more Marxists approach in the way they deal with the issue. Nevertheless, both of these theories and the debate between them hold a significant position in the lives of criminal justice administrators. This is due to the fact that both of these theories gets involves in both the creation and implementation of law in any almost any state in the world CITATION Pea15 \l 1033 (Peak, 2015). In some cases Consensus theory would prevail in such a way that laws would be made seemingly for the good of everyone in the society, and thus leading to a much easier process of law creation and implementation. However, there are times when these laws go out of hand (or say excessive) and that is where Conflic...