THE ORIGINS OF CONFLICT THEORY
The theory of conflict, as a sociological phenomenon, which, as the author believes, was created by K. Marx and F. Engels in the late 1840s, explores the similarities and differences between different social groups. These groups related to social wealth and power differently. The article examines the social, political and economic relations and events that led to the publication of the Communist Manifesto in 1848, and then the criminological theories of the 20<sup>th</sup> century. (V. Bonger, T. Sellin, G. Wold, R. Quini, R. Seidman, and others), inspired by this work. Also the author analyzes the study of M. Kolvin and D. Pauli, focused on the problem of preventing criminal behavior in schoolchildren.