The effectiveness of criminology in criminal activity
In conflictology, the idea of peace goes beyond that of classic war and notions of conflict based exclusively on physical violence. It includes violence in the broadest sense of the word, that does not always use knives or firearms but resorts to other methods that can also injure, kill, dominate and harm: deceit, hatred, political and economic structures or a legal system that limits freedom, eradicates dignity and fosters harm to others are refined and highly efficient forms of extreme violence. These forms of violence are commonly used in social and political relations, in judicial processes and in a large part of family and interpersonal conflicts. It also includes all forms of terrorism as a way of waging war, both groups of citizens in revolt against the state they are a part of and the terrorism of states and criminal organisations against the democracy and civil liberties that challenge their supremacy and their monopoly of power. In classic security policies, terrorism is tackled as an abnormal phenomenon that needs trial and imprisonment if not physical destruction, without heeding the origins, causes or motivation of the armed groups that carry out terrorist actions. Terrorism cannot be comprehended without understanding – which does not mean agreeing with – the belligerent party, the states, the victims, the organisations that carry out terrorism and the population that supports it morally and politically, that justifies it. We could say the same of criminality, of Mafia-type organisations. Simple repression normally does not solve the problem but defers it, and the cost of repression is very high. Conflictology brings together the diversity of approaches and procedures to understand that living peacefully requires effort, but at the same time teaches us that the different strands of knowledge conflictology is based on enable the desire to live in peace to be achieved. 3. Answer the questions: What does physical violence mean? What are the forms of physical violence? Does interpersonal conflict include extreme violence? Why does conflictology deal with terrorism? Is repression a good/bad conflict resolution? What does conflictology teach us? 4. Match the following words with the translation: to resort– вести to challenge– питать(чувство) deceit– сфера dignity– восставший hatred– воюющий strand– обман revolt– достоинство to wage– прибегать к чему–л. to eradicate– обращать внимание to foster– оправдывать to justify– давать возможность to tackle– вступать в спор, пытаться найти решение to enable– требовать to heed– излучать belligerent– ненависть
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