Conflict Criminology

Conflict criminology: “less radical strains of conflict theory can be traced back to Georg Simmel and George Vold” (page 331) the more radicalized versions of conflict and critical criminology that came to prominence during the 1970’s and early 1980’s generally had their intellectual roots in the thinking of Karl Marx. “conflict criminologist and critical criminologist alike view law as resulting from social conflict. They stress the impact of economic power and social inequality on law formation. “examine the manner in which criminal sanctions are applied primarily to marginalized members of the underclass while pointing out that crimes by the rich and powerful often go unsanctioned.”
Jock young = “The manufacture of news” & “The new criminal
How critical criminology works is by explaining how criminal social conduct is the result of economic and social inequalities, favoritism in the law and the effects of the capitalist system in society. This criminological view decreases the focus on a person’s own individual crimes but it looks heavy upon the existing crime in society as a consequence of the capitalist system affect in the country. In a capitalist system, production and economic wealth become every person focus, it ignores the needs of those who are under privileged while expressing to the public that money is the way to have a successful life thus encouraging criminal conduct in order to gain economic succession. In its opinion, and in the opinions of most critical criminologist, critical criminology believes that the rule of law no longer is equal to everyone but it instead favors the privileged (also known as the upper class) people in society and wretchedly politics and the legal system that governs the society is no longer meant to serve everyone but instead it is used to uphold/preserve the reputation of upper-class citizens. Through a critical criminologist observation, governmental company and corporate settings have continuous sprees of unreported crimes but also when the crimes are noticed by the public since it is the upper-class committing these criminal acts they are not punished as harshly under the law as a underprivileged member of society would have