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literally criminology means
a science of crime, and in criminology ,
as in in the science of Criminology, we pursue multiple connected
objectives. First of all we studied
social processes of the definition
of certain behaviors as criminal
and all that it entails. Secondly,
we systematically examine the
individual as well as institutional causes
of this behavior and thirdly
along with the consequences of crime we analyze collective
social response and institutional response to this behavior.
One famous
criminologist, sociologist Edwin Sutherland defined criminology
as the study of law making,
law-breaking and law enforcement and in criminology we're concerned with
all three aspects of this definition. We study them
systematically, applying scientific methods
as much as possible.Well, there's a great deal of
need in the criminal justice now for
competent people who can gather and analyze data
and who can apply their skills
in the field of criminal justice administration and
management. If somebody is really
interested in the legal issues in the issues
of law as well as
in the justice issues, if you have this certain round
mind that you really want to know how things
work in our criminal justice system, why they work a
certain way, then this is definitely a major
for you. If you're concerned with motivations
that people have the reactions and how they develop those
motivations, which is a big
issue in criminology, then
again this is also a discipline for you and
in general I would say crime
and criminal justice touch on all aspects of our existence.
Our program is interdisciplinary
and what it means is that we draw on a variety of
disciplines, such as sociology, forensic science,
political science,
philosophy, psychology and a number of other disciplines
and I believe that this is the strength of our program because we
examine the phenomena of crime
and criminal justice from a variety of perspectives.
We're constantly developing and adding more courses
from a broad array of different disciplines in
liberal arts and beyond liberal arts as well.