SOCL 4461 Chapter : Criminology
Document Summary
The breaking of laws and the reacting toward the breaking of. Defined: the scientific approach to studying criminal behavior. We use science, have theories, and use scientific method to understand crime/criminal behavior. Cj is system that"s in place for us to implement what it is that criminologists are studying. Explains the extent and nature of crime in society. The study of the agencies of social control. Study the onset of crime and use that to prevent it. Criminology and criminal justice: criminology, explains the origins of crime, explains the extent and nature of crime in society, criminal justice, the study of the agencies of social control, police, courts, corrections, identify effective methods of controlling crime. Includes behavior and establishes set of punishments for that specific behavior: not all crimes are deviant; not all deviant acts are illegal. Recognize what is meant by the concept criminology in action .
