Abstract. 'Introducing criminology' explains that according to American criminologist, Edwin Sutherland, criminology is the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon including within its scope the process of making and breaking laws, and reacting to the breaking of laws..
Criminological research focuses on issues related to the causes and consequences of crime, delinquency, and victimization, as well as the operation of the criminal justice system, with an emphasis on police, courts, and corrections..
Evidence-based criminology, or knowledge-based criminology, is criminology based on observed and tested data rather than untested theory.
Evidence-based criminology is a separate concept than evidence of crimes..
Criminology is the study of crime and criminal behavior, informed by principles of sociology and other non-legal fields, including psychology, economics, statistics, and anthropology.
Criminologists examine a variety of related areas open_in_new, including: Characteristics of people who commit crimes..
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