The Importance Of Conflicts In Society

Christie (9) explains that conflicts are important elements in society, that highly industrialized societies have a lack of. He expresses that social systems have to be organized so conflicts are nurtured and visible, and to ensure that professionals do not dominate the handling of them (9). He also thinks we should not have criminology (10). That we should abolish institutes because social consequences of criminology are uncertain (10). He expresses that conflicts have been taken away from the directly involved parties and have disappeared or become other people’s property because of the criminology process (10). That conflicts may hurt individuals and social systems and without necessary officials, private vengeance and vendettas arise (10).

In criminology the focus to solving these conflicts is on the crime system and the offender. Christie (10) explains that conflict has been taken away from involved parties and have become another persons property. The offender has been made into an object for study, manipulation and control and, have reduced the victim to a nonentity (Christie 12). I agree with his point that conflict is typically stolen by the state such as lawyers, courts and judges. The offenders and victims are both represented by an appointed lawyer and generally just sit back and watch the conflict and decision unravel before their eyes. This system tries to ensure peace within the society by giving everyone fair, equal and consistent resolution to conflict and ensure a set of shared values and goals are given that support this social order. The state also needs to reduce conflict with this system and to protect the needs of the victim. Christie wants a system where the original parties should participate in their own conflicts and that conflict should be dealt by those parties and not professionals. I think think the system in theory is the best impartial way to resolve conflicts. Through laws, precedents and mandated sentences it is suppose to create justice fair to the victim who was harmed and ensure that this is applied to all citizens of any case. I think that the theory of this system is necessary in society, that crime punishments should be outlined for individuals so that they are all treated equally and that no one is above the law. It is however, very obvious that the system is definitely not perfect. Some sentences people receive in contrast to others are definitely not impartial at all and some offenders are wrongfully convicted because they look guilty when really they could be completely innocent. Andrea Christidis for example was an 18 year old