Educational Video

This video does not begin by saying what Criminology is, but clears up exactly what Criminology is not. It next covers a broad overview of what it is, including some opinions on the subject. Criminology is the study of the causes of crime, including time, place, and certain people. It is also why society chooses certain acts to be crimes, while others are not. The video covers where it originated and how people originally referred to crimes. He touches upon supernatural reasons for crimes, and then how it evolved to metaphysical reasons, more rational. He points out that criminology is a science. A science with independent and dependent variables: race, age, gender, time of crimes, location, etc. The topic of what makes a crime a crime is fairly interesting. This is spoken of a lot, speaking of harm that is caused by a crime, status of offender or victim, and moral judgments. There are a multitude of other topics covered. I find this lecture given on Criminology extremely fascinating.

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