Writing criminology

Taking a Sociological and Criminological Perspective Criminology is a cross-disciplinary field that examines the making of laws, the nature and extent of crime, the causes of crime, and society’s effort to control crime through the criminal and juvenile justice systems. Research and theories in criminology draws from the social sciences (e.g., economics, political science, psychology, and sociology) history, philosophy and biology. Students in this field come to understand the difference between criminal justice (government definitions, perspectives, and responses to crime) and criminology (theories of causation).