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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Criminology?

Criminology is the study of the making of law, the breaking of law and society's response to the breaking of law. Criminal justice, on the other hand, is the study of the operation and activities of social control agencies that aim at regulating the behavior of citizens at large.
Victimology?

Victimology is the study of why certain people are victims of crime and how lifestyles affect the chances that a certain person will fall victim to a crime. The field of victimology can cover a wide number of disciplines, including sociology, psychology, criminal justice, law and advocacy.
Criminal Psychologist

Criminal psychology is the study of the wills, thoughts, intentions and reactions of criminals. The study goes deeply into what makes someone commit crime, but also the reactions after the crime, on the run or in court.
Forensics Science

Forensics or forensic science is the application of science to questions which are of interest to the legal system.
  • forensic pathology is the study of the human body to determine cause and manner of death. Criminalistics is the application of various sciences to answer questions relating to examination and comparison of biological evidence, trace evidence, impression evidence, drugs and firearms.
  • Forensic odontology is the study of the uniqueness of dentition, and forensic toxicology is the study of drugs and poisons, and their effects on the human body.
  • Forensic anthropology
  • Forensic toxicology
  • Canine forensics
  • Forensic genetics
  • Computer forensics
  • Forensic pathology
  • Forensic odontology
  • and more.
Crime and Criminology

In this article, we shall study the nature, type of crime as defined and methods propounded by various jurists for controlling them and we also study criminology as subject its origin, classification, methodology and approaches in criminology for study of crimes.
  • What is Nature Crime?
  • How to prevent them?
  • Justifying the Punishment
  • The nature of Criminology
  • History of Criminology
  • Types of Criminology
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