DISTINCTION BETWEEN CRIMINOLOGY AND

CRIMINAL LAW
1. Criminology is the body 1. Criminal law is the
of knowledge body of legal rules
2. It analyses the 2 it defines the
processes of making offences, and enacts
laws and causes of the provisions for breaking of
breaking of laws. laws.
3. It analyses the previous 3. Criminal law comes in
facts and statistics, to force when an offence
present trends and is committed.
future consequences.
4. It is coupled with 4. It is coupled with
sociology, psychology, penology.
physiology, and all
other fields of science.
5. Criminology is a new 5. Criminal law has been
branch of science in existence from the last
emanated just in the several thousands of
last century. years.
6. Criminology is genus 6. Criminal law is the
base of criminology. It is
 a species of criminology.
7. It shows sympathy 7. Criminal law does not
about criminals. It look into social or socio-
analyses the social, economic backgrounds,
socio-economic except to follow the rigid
grounds, etc, of the procedures, policies and
criminals. provisions of the law.
8. It lays down certain 8. It is specific, uniform,
safeguards and government and political
measurements to nature, having penal
prevent or reduce the sanction.
crime rate. However,
they get political
sanction or not.