Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The conflict perspective views society as based on shared values.
2. Pound identified six “conflict perspectives” that are promoted by law and which are essential to the maintenance of a secure and stable society.
3. William Chambliss’s essay on the Irish law of social deviance is a classic study of the role of the law in serving the interests of dominant economic groups.
4. Dominant groups use the police and other social control agencies to enforce the laws that promote their self-interest and values and is one of the propositions that underlie the conflict theory.
5. In Discriminatory Justice, individuals in similar situations should be treated in a similar fashion.


1. False
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. False

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