CRIMINOLOGY

 CRIMINOLOGY  According to Edwin H. Sutherland, "criminology is the entire body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon It includes within its scope the process of making of laws, of breaking of laws, and the society's reaction towards the breaking of laws."Refers to the scientific study of crimes, criminals and victims, it also deals with the prevention and solution of crimes (RA 11131, The Philippine Criminology Act of 2018)Origin of the word "Criminology" Etymologically the term crimmalogy came from the Latin word "crime" meaning accusation and Greek word "Logia" which means "to study"


In 1885, Rafael Garofalo, an Italian Law Professor coined the term criminologia. In 1887, Paul Topinand, French Anthropologist, used the term criminology in French criminologie for the first time. Sociology is the mother discipline of Criminology. It is the study of human society, its origin, structure, functions and direction.


Principal Divisions of Criminology

Etiology of Crimes the scientific analysis of the causes of crimes and the criminal behavior.

Sociology of Law - refers to the investigation of the nature of criminal law and its administration 

Penology - the study of the control of crimes and the rehabilitation of offender.as criminology a science?


According to George Wilker, criminology cannot become a science because it has not yet acquired universal validity Edwin H. Sutherland, the Dean of Modern Criminology, hoped that it will become a science in the future since the causes of crimes are almost the same which may be biological, environmental or combination of the two.

Nature of Criminology

1. It's applied science because criminology as a body of knowledge has already established universally accepted principles and concepts and these are used by other field of study (INSTRUMENTATION)


2. It is a social science because it studies crime as a social phenomenon. Crime is a social problem which has a great impact to society, 

3. It is dynamic because the concepts of criminology and their applications adapt to the changing time.

 4. It is nationalistic because the study of criminology takes into consideration the history, the culture and the social norms and the laws of the country. Each country has its own set of laws and crimes are defined by the laws of the country.

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