SW 3007 : SW 3007 Exam 2
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Social conflict theory: asserts that society is in a state of constant internal conflict, and focuses on the role of social and governmental institutions as mechanisms for social control. Legal institutions help the powerful rich to impose their standards of good behavior on the entire society. Those in power define delinquency and control the manner in which the law is enforced. Sct views the law and the justice system as vehicles for controlling the have not members of society. Social conflict theory is oriented toward their economic and political interests. Those who hold power in contemporary society get to set the rules, control the law and decide who is a deviant, delinquent, and/or criminal. Their motives are not moral but financial and economic. According to this view, society is in a constant state of internal conflict, as different groups strive to impose their will on others.
