Sociology 2266A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sussex Police, Confounding, Partial Application
27 Jul 2018
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Paul topinard in 1889 - criminology" was coined by frenchman. He used it to different ate the study of criminal body types within the eld of anthropology from other biometric pursuits. E. wolfgang and franco ferocity in 1967; Criminology is the scienti c study of crime, criminals and criminal behaviour . Criminology is an interdidsiplnary profession built around the scienti c study of crime and criminal behaviour including their manifestations, causes, legal aspects, prevention and control. Although criminology can be inter disciplinary few existing explanations for criminal behaviour have been successfully integrated. The type of criminology that is most often found in community collages and univiserties. Is one that attempts to explain all or atlas most forms of criminal conduct through single over reaching approach. Dose not necessarily attempt to explain all criminality but distuignied by the fact that it merges concepts drawn from different sources.
