... John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a former president of the American Society of Criminology, once said, "The law often, but not always, supports police deception," which is a fine definition of the conflict model. The conflict theory argues that the organizations of the criminal justice system either do, or should, work competitively to produce justice. The conflict theory also argues that worries over fame, promotions, wages, and success, which includes officers that focus on appearing to solve crimes (generating high clearance rates scores) rather than actually solving crimes, cause the criminal justice system to conflict with itself. One example of conflict within the system is that between the police and prison officials. The conflict model argues that police desire to put criminals into prison whereas prison officials who are concerned about overcrowded facilities may desire to release criminals from prison. Another example of the conflict model that I ...

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