CRIM 332 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Ridicule, Social Change
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Ch6: law and dispute resolution: many scholars argue that, disputes processed rather than settled, conflicts managed or regulated rather than resolved. If not resolved, enters into the conflict stage: monadic. The conflict stage: aggrieved party confronts the offending party & communicates his or her resentment or feelings of injustice, dyadic; only involves 2 parties. If not resolved, enters into dispute stage: where conflict is made public. The dispute stage: characterized by the involvement of a 3rd party in the disagreement, triadic. Some odd ( compared to western culture) methods of dispute resolution: direct interpersonal violence, may be in retaliation for violence suffered or in response to some other form of injustice. In earlier eras physical violence often channeled into restricted & conventionalized form (eg, duelling, feuding: feuding: a state of recurring hostilities between families or groups, instigated by a desire to avenge an offence.