What are the three basic groups of conflict criminologists? Describe the differences between these groups

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The answer should include the following points:
• The three basic groups of conflict criminologists are:
o Those emphasizing socioeconomic class
o Those emphasizing power and authority relationships
o Those emphasizing group and cultural conflict
• Those who emphasize socioeconomic class call themselves radical, Marxist, critical, humanist, or new criminologists and do not identify with the other two groups.
• Some significant differences exist between radical criminologists and the other two groups:
o The non-Marxist conflict criminologists emphasize a plurality of interests and power and do not put a single emphasis on capitalism, as do the Marxist conflict criminologists, nor do the non-Marxist conflict criminologists reject the legal order as such or the use of legal definitions of crime.

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