2007-02-12 01:35:09 · 6 answers · asked by james l 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
criminologists are kind of like the police.
"Criminology is the scientific study of crime as an individual and social phenomenon. Criminological research areas in particular comprise the incidence and forms of crime as well as its causes and consequences. They also include social and governmental regulations and reactions to crime. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in the behavioural sciences, drawing especially on the research of sociologists and psychologists, as well as on writings in law. In 1885, Italian law professor Raffaele Garofalo coined the term "criminology" (in Italian, criminologia). The French anthropologist Paul Topinard used it for the first time in French (criminologie) around the same time"
2007-02-12 01:39:47 · answer #1 · answered by neonblast 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Criminology is the study of the psychology and sociology of crime and criminals. With a BA in Criminology, you could work in law enforcement, criminal court systems, educational system, government research, and any other job for which the employer requires any non-specific college degree (some do that to ensure their employees are capable of learning).
2007-02-12 09:41:41 · answer #2 · answered by teran_realtor 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can or could use a degree in Criminology to work as an investigator in a district attorney office, or a bureau of lawyers or a court
2007-02-12 09:39:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Criminology is part of my course.... The number one thing we get told at the beginning of the course is that crim. will NOT give you a 'Cracker' style job (doesnt exist) and CSI is a load of rubbish....
You will be looking into social theories of why crimes happens, who commits it, the idea that moral panics are created for politics means etc etc.
It's FASCINATING but its a LOT of theory and statistics (standard deviation and the like a min. need). Yes, lots of people go into justice systems and likewise help develop policies for the government but similarly a lot of people go quite left wing/marxist about it and see the police etc as just another institutution to oppress people.
The things I have studied in crim: crime between 1750-1900 (crime became an emblem what was 'wrong' in society as it moved from rural to urban), youth crime (moral panics/ folk devils), labelling theory (if you deem them a 'no hoper' at school, is it a self fulfilling prophacy?), gender and crime, nature vs nuture, police etc.
2007-02-12 09:49:59 · answer #4 · answered by spagbolfordinner 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I knew someone who lectured in criminology, it's all about the working minds of criminals and different crimes.
2007-02-12 09:37:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
criminal psychology, why people commit crimes etc. You can work for the police or the prison system, maybe helping young offenders
2007-02-12 09:38:41 · answer #6 · answered by Emmylou82 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋