Write
a narrative essay (minimum 1700 words) in which you address and discuss the questions and statements listed below. Use at least six scholarly sources
Cite your sources in APA format. Textbook: Criminology Today: An Integrative Introduction (10th ed.) Pearson. Author: Frank J. Schmalleger (2021)
- Explain the evolution and growing purpose of criminology in the past century
- Discuss “deviant behavior” from both a social and criminal justice perspective.
- Compare and contrast experimental criminology and theoretical criminology
- Why should the study of crime be considered inter-disciplinary, taking in to account biology, psychology, psychiatry and political science? Develop an example where at least two of these disciplines can be attached to a crime.
- Why is victimology an important sub-set of social science research?
- How does a culture decide what should be labeled as “criminal”?