Define the following Criminal justice model.

- Consensus Model
- Conflict Model


Consensus Model: A criminal justice perspective that assumes that the system’s subcomponents work together harmoniously to achieve the social product we call justice.

Conflict Model: A criminal justice perspective that assumes that the system’s components function primarily to serve their own interests. According to this theoretical framework, justice is more a product of conflicts among agencies within the system than it is the result of cooperation among component agencies.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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