Zahid Ilyas                Student ID 33168151

        

Nature of Criminology

Criminology is an exploration of the nature and extent of the problem of crime in society. For years criminologists have been attempting to unravel criminal behaviour Most of the research in modern study of criminology in order to understand criminal behaviour, what causes it and how it can be prevented and punished is conducted by sociologists (Anglia Ruskin 2006)., however biological and psychological approach to the causation of crime have been important in the past and continue to do so today. For example Cesare Lombroso’s theory of the Atavism and William Sheldon’s theory of Somatotypes in the history of biological perspective of crime, although found deficient but the emphasis on the collection of data to test hypotheses about criminals became the basis of modern criminology (John E. Conklin 2004). Biological explanations do not help us understand why crime rates vary from one society to another but do explain for some crime for example in case of brain disorder and learning difficulties. A criminologist studies the possible explanations of crime causation and how it can be prevented, if not reduced.

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Criminology allows for a focused and insightful examination of many of the issues that surround offending deviant behavour. After some reasearch on criminology one can see that social, cultural, and economic sources are a major study towards the cause of crime yet biological and psychological behaviour continue to play a strong part in deep understanding of criminology.

Criminology also involves law, what the relationship is between law and order, what is the role of law in society? The role that law plays on one society may differ from that which it plays in another because law in any ...

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