The Consensus Model In The Criminal Justice System

The consensus model envisions all the component parts striving toward the common goal by harmoniously moving cases and people through the system. The conflict model views the component parts functioning primarily to serve their own interests. This theoretical perspective sees justice more as a product of conflicts among agencies that ultimately serves to protect individual rights. Here, we can compare the consensus model as focusing mainly on public safety, whereas the conflict model is more concerned with individual rights (Cronkhite, 2013). In dealing with criminal justice as a system you first have to look at the different components of the criminal justice system. There are the law enforcement agencies which include all state, federal and local. Then there are the court systems which are also at the local, state and federal levels. Then lastly there is the corrections system which also includes agencies at the local, state and federal levels. These all show the differences between the conflict and consensus models and how they all work together for a different outcome. The first step is with the police
Everything should run smoothly between the various components. So even with the 3 different types of criminal justice systems, they all should work towards a common goal of working together and working for the same purpose. The conflict model is just that a conflict. Each agency is working by their individual selves. This can create chaos and discord. They are not working together to make things run smoothly but are working separately and no common goal is achieved. Social policies and the laws related thereto are becoming more nation-wide than state or municipality specific, they affect the lives of all Americans regardless of where within this nation they choose to live. The extent to which this is happening is debatable as is the degree to which it is problematic (Wilkerson,