Nature of Criminology

Nature of Criminology.

Nature of Criminology. S.A.N.D. SCOPE OF THE STUDY.

SOCIAL SCIENCE APPLIED SCIENCE. NATIONALISTIC DYNAMIC.

SOCIAL SCIENCE Crime is a social creation and it exist in a society being a social phenomenon. Its study must be considered part of social science..

Nature of Criminology. APPLIED SCIENCE Criminology as a body of knowledge has already established universally accepted principles and concepts and these are used by other field of study. (INSTRUMENTATION).

Nature of Criminology. NATIONALISTIC. The study of crimes must be in relation with the existing criminal law within a territory or country. This question as to whether an act is a crime is dependent on the criminal law of a state..

Nature of Criminology. DYNAMIC Criminology changes as a social condition changes. It is concomitant with the advancement of other sciences that have been applied to it..

SCOPE OF THE STUDY OF CRIMINOLOGY.

1. Study of the origin and developement of criminal law..

2. Study of the causes of crimes and development of criminals..

Criminal Demography. The study of the relationship between criminality and population..

Scope of the study Criminology. Criminal Epidemiology The study of the relationship between environment and criminality.

Criminal Physical Anthropology The study of criminality in relation to physical constitution of men.

Scope of the study of Criminology. PSCHOLOGY. PSYCHIATRY.

Scope of the study of Criminology. Criminal Psychology.

Scope of the study of Criminology. Criminal Politics A science consisting of principles with which the state organizes its fight against criminality. The bases are knowledge of criminal law, penalties and other measures of social defenses..

Scope of the study of Criminology. Criminal Sociology It embraces of branches of criminal science including criminal law and transforms the science of crimes and penalty into one of positive observation..

Scope of the study of Criminology. The word of forensic was derived from the latin word ‘Forum” which means a ‘market place” a place were people gathered for ‘public discussion” When it is used in conjuction with other sciences it simply connotes the idea of application to law for the administration of justice. Sometimes it is also referred to as “legal‘..

Scope of the study of Criminology. Forensic Medicine The branch of medicine dealing with the application of medical knowledge to establish facts in civil or criminal legal causes. Such as an investigation into the cause and time of a suspicious death. Also known as forensic pathology.

Scope of the study of Criminology. Criminal Statistics Studies the relation of the causes between certain personal conditions, physical and social phenomena and criminality its increase or decrease and farms of it’s appearance..

Forensic Chemistry. It is the application of chemistry and it’s subfield forensic toxicology, in a legal setting specifically in the administration of justice..

BRANCHES OF CRIMINOLOGY. Criminal Etiology. Penology.

Criminal Etiology Is the study of the cause or origin of crime. It studies the primary reason for crime comission..

Sociology of Law Attempt at Scientific analysis of the condition which the penal/criminal laws has developed as a process of formal or social control..

Branches of Criminology. Penology Is that branch of criminology which deals with the administration and management of jail..

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