Crimonology

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Term Paper Title	Crimonology
# of Words	339
# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	1.36

Crimonology

If you look up the word criminology in the dictionary it would be defined as a scientific study of crime as a social phenomenon.  Social phenomenon?  Say what?
     Criminology is a social science rather than a branch of law.  Although there are several different theories surrounding criminology, they all share a common goal: the search for the causes of criminal behavior in the hopes that this information can be transformed into policies that will be effective in handling or even eliminating crime.
     Although it is a specialty, it's not a single discipline.  It combines the efforts of statisticians, psychiatrists, sociologists, lawyers, police officials, and probation officers.
     Criminology centers its attention on the criminal as a person, his behavior, and what has led him or her to a life of crime.  Criminology seeks to understand the criminals' genetic makeup, to learn whether there is an inherited tendency to crime.  It also takes into consideration such issues as the individuals socioeconomic background, family background, educational opportunities, and childhood as...

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