Introduction to Criminology Defining Criminology The Criminal Law Development of Academic Criminology Theories of Crime Politics /Ideology
Defining Criminology Edwin Sutherland's definition OThe scientific study of lawmaking, lawbreaking, and the response to lawbreaking Lawmaking = how laws are created /changed Lawbreaking = nature /extent of crime Reaction = police, courts, corrections OScience vs. other ways of knowing stuff
Criminology vs. Criminal Justice Criminal Justice D The study of agencies related to the control of crime Criminology O The study of crime trends, nature of crime, theories of crime Reality? Two sides of the same coin