Specializations in Criminology: Criminal Law, Crime Theories, Victimology
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What is the purpose of criminologists?

  • To study, define, describe, explain, and formulate policy directives in respect of crime, criminal behaviour, and victimization (correct)
  • To study and analyze crime phenomena and criminal behaviour using scientific approaches
  • To understand crimes and criminals and prevent the occurrence of crime
  • To help law enforcement agencies to come up with different policies
  • Which field in criminology covers the definition of crime, criminal behavior, and rules and regulations on punishment of criminals?

  • Criminal Law (correct)
  • Victimology
  • Crime theories
  • Criminal justice
  • What does the study of victimology in criminology focus on?

  • Study of agencies of social control that handle offenders
  • Study of victims of crimes (correct)
  • Risk assessment strategies that examine the patterns of criminal behavior
  • Reasons and explanations by social scientists on causes and occurrences of criminal behavior
  • During which phase of criminology did scholars 1st distinguish crime from sin with explanations of criminal behavior that were not theological?

    <p>Phase 1 (Classical criminology)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do crime theories in criminology focus on?

    <p>Reasons and explanations by social scientists on causes and occurrences of criminal behavior</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes Phase 3 of the history of criminology from Phase 2?

    <p>Criminology became multidisciplinary and focused on understanding crime itself rather than studying crime as one aspect of sociological or psychological theory.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which discipline may be applied in the study of the causes of crime according to the text?

    <p>Anthropology</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of Sociological Criminology?

    <p>Examination of the relationship of demographic and group variables to crime at a macro level.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of Psychological Criminology?

    <p>Use of psychological knowledge to explain deviant behavior.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main focus of Psychiatric Criminology according to the text?

    <p>Application of psychiatric knowledge to crime in a forensic context.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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