The Law-Making Matrix: Consensus vs. Conflict

Conflict Crime (Legal Sanction) Deviance (Social Stigma) Select a perspective to see how laws are formed. Perspective Lens Consensus Conflict Laws reflect shared values of the majority. The Law-Making Matrix: Consensus vs. Conflict lets you explore this hands-on instead of only reading about it.

Introduction to the definitions of crime and deviance, the structure of the criminal justice system, and the methodologies used to track criminal activity. It focuses on Deviance, Consensus vs. Conflict View, Wedding Cake Model, Dark Figure of Crime, Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) from the “Foundations of Crime and Criminology” section.

The “Consensus”, “Conflict” buttons run actions or reset the demo. Every change updates the visualization in real time, so you can see exactly how each variable affects the outcome.

This course provides a comprehensive exploration of Criminology and Criminal Justice, blending theoretical frameworks with the practical operations of the American legal system. Students will examine the causes of crimi… This demo is the interactive piece for the “Foundations of Crime and Criminology” section. Open the full Criminology and Criminal Justice course wiki at https://www.getlykke.com/explore/public/criminology-and-criminal-justice-f6d79bda-1ca6-42f1-9940-643cb1edfe95 for notes, flashcards, quizzes and the other demos.

You'll build intuition for Deviance, Consensus vs. Conflict View, Wedding Cake Model, Dark Figure of Crime, Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) — and, crucially, see how they behave when you change the inputs, which is hard to get from a textbook or lecture on Criminology and Criminal Justice alone.