CRIMINOLOGY

Meaning:
• Field to address issue of crime
• To define, explain predict criminal behavior.
• Defined as science to study crime
• Criminology – concentrates on form or forms,
causes of crime
• Areas of inquiry include juvenile delinquency,
victimology
• Shows greater interest in casual explanations
• Criminal justice concerned with practical
concerns, policing, correction
• Criminology, criminal justice complementary,
interrelated
• Criminology concerned with analyzing
phenomena of crime
• To perform scientific studies in developing
theoretical explanations
• Criminology knowledge : to direct public
policies, to solve crime problems.