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    Criminology is the scientific study of crime, criminals, and the criminal justice system. It examines how and why laws are created, how they are broken, and society's response to law breaking. The term was coined in 1885 by Italian law professor Rafael Garofalo and further developed to encompass the scientific analysis of crime as a social phenomenon.

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    Criminology is the scientific study of crime, criminals, and the criminal justice system. It examines how and why laws are created, how they are broken, and society's response to law breaking. The term was coined in 1885 by Italian law professor Rafael Garofalo and further developed to encompass the scientific analysis of crime as a social phenomenon.

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    WHAT IS CRIMINOLOGY

    It is a study of crime criminal and society.


    According to MERRIAM-WEBSTER dictionary, the word crminology was derived from the Latin
    word Crimen, which mean offense, and the greek word logos, which means study.
    According tpo adler (2012), the term “ criminology” was coined by the italian law professor
    RAFAEL GAROFALO as criminologia in 1885. The french ANTHROPOLOGIST, PAUL
    TROPINARD used it for the first time in french ( criminologie) in 1887. Criminology aptly
    describe and encompassed the sciencetific concen with the phenomenon of crime.

    EDWIN H. SUTHERLAND and DONALD R. CRESSEY define criminology as “ the body of


    knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon”. The scope of criminology covers:

    ● the making law


    ● the breaking law
    ● society’s reaction to the breaking laws.

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