The term 'criminology' comes from both the Latin word “crimen,” which means accusation, and the translated Greek term 'logia', which is used to describe the study of a particular concept or subject.
Furthermore, criminology is considered a branch of sociology.
It draws on aspects of psychology and anthropology..
criminology, scientific study of the nonlegal aspects of crime and delinquency, including its causes, correction, and prevention, from the viewpoints of such diverse disciplines as anthropology, biology, psychology and psychiatry, economics, sociology, and statistics..
In criminology, the term tends to be used to describe aspects of the period prior to the mid- to late-1970s; a period in which there was a generalised political consensus around issues of crime and punishment
With the gradual politicisation of law and order this consensus was fractured and disappeared
The people who teach criminology nowadays are themselves representative of this variety – they come to the subject matter of ‘crime’ from disciplinary backgrounds that most commonly include sociology (as with the authors of this book), social policy, psychology, history, anthropology, economics, law and political science
