Specializations in Criminology: Criminal Law, Crime Theories, Victimology

To study, define, describe, explain, and formulate policy directives in respect of crime, criminal behaviour, and victimization

Criminal Law

Study of victims of crimes

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

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

<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

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

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

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

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