What is criminology?
What will be an ideal response?
The textbook includes a variety of definitions of criminology.
• Paul Topinard (1889) is believed to have coined the term. He used it to describe the study of criminal body types within the field of anthropology.
• Linguistically, the term means "the study of criminal accusations" or more simply, "the study of crime."
• Edwin Sutherland's original definition of criminology emphasized criminology's importance as a discipline of study. This definition has been restated as: "Criminology is the body of knowledge regarding delinquency and crime as a social phenomenon. It includes within its scope the processes of making laws, of breaking laws, and of reacting toward the breaking of laws."
The definition of criminology used by the textbook is: "an interdisciplinary profession built around the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior, including their manifestations, causes, legal aspects, and control." This definition was chosen because it includes many of the elements in the definitions provided by earlier writers as well as recognizing the increasingly professional status of the criminological enterprise.
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