how can a legal system that proudly boasts 'justice for all' be so inconsistent? Conflict theorists regard power and social inequality as the main characteristics of society. The criminal justice system is a tool designed by the powerful to maintain their power and privilege. For the poor, the law is an instrument of oppression. The working class and those below them pose a special threat to the power elite.
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