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Why Is Criminology Important

Criminology is the scientific study of crime, criminals, and the criminal justice system. It aims to understand why people commit crimes and to help reduce criminal behavior. Studying criminology helps society control and lower crime rates by discovering the root causes of lawbreaking and informing crime prevention policies. It also provides insights into how criminals think to better allocate resources. Additionally, criminology focuses on reforming criminals and treating them with dignity, with the goal of rehabilitation rather than solely punishment.

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Why Is Criminology Important

Criminology is the scientific study of crime, criminals, and the criminal justice system. It aims to understand why people commit crimes and to help reduce criminal behavior. Studying criminology helps society control and lower crime rates by discovering the root causes of lawbreaking and informing crime prevention policies. It also provides insights into how criminals think to better allocate resources. Additionally, criminology focuses on reforming criminals and treating them with dignity, with the goal of rehabilitation rather than solely punishment.

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Discuss Criminology.

Discuss the importance of studying


criminology

Definition of Criminology
Criminology can be simply defined as the study of the crime.

Webster defines the criminology that "the scientific study of crime and criminals”

However, we must also acknowledge that this definition is as inadequate as it is


succinct.

Edwin Sutherland has offered what remains a more or less acceptable definition of
criminology, one that is quoted with approval by Wolfgang and Ferracuti:

“Criminology is the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It


includes within its scope the process of making laws, of breaking laws, and of
reacting toward the breaking of laws. The objective of criminology is the
development of a body of general and verified principles and other types of
knowledge regarding this process of law, crime, and treatment”.

To this definition, Wolfgang and Ferracuti append a note that "the term
criminology should be used at designate a body of scientific knowledge about
crime (emphasis in original).

Criminology is an academic discipline that makes use of scientific methods to


study the nature, extent cause and control of criminal behaviour.
Why is criminology important?

The science of criminology aims at taking up case to case study of different crimes
and suggest measures so as to infuse the feeling of mutual confidence, respect and
co-operation among the offenders. The recent penological reforms have achieved
considerable success in this direction. The criminal law has been adequately
modified to adapt itself to the modern reformative policies. Liberalisation of
punishment for affording greater opportunities for rehabilitation of offenders has
been accepted as the ultimate object of penal justice.

There are several reasons that explain importance of why criminology is important:

Reduction in crime: Criminology helps society understand, control, and reduce


crime. Studying crime helps discover and analyse its causes, which can be used
towards crime reduction policies and initiatives.

It helps understand the mindset of criminals: Criminology helps understand the


mindset of criminals, why they commit crimes, and the factors that affect them.
This helps in the proper allocation of resources to control crime.

Reform of criminals: As well as controlling and reducing crime, criminology can


also suggest appropriate measures for the rehabilitation of criminals.

Concern for crime and criminals: The most significant aspect of criminology is
its concern for crime and criminals. It presupposes the study of criminal with basic
assumption that no one is born criminal. It treats reformation as the ultimate object
of punishment while individualization the method of it. Most criminologists and
penologists now generally agree that every criminal is corrigible if offered
adequate opportunities through treatment methods.

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