Serial Killer Andrei Chikatilo
Part I Background Research on Criminology
Andrei Chikatilo
What is criminology? Criminology is the scientific study of the extent, nature, causes, and control of criminal behavior in individuals, and in society. Criminology is an ` sociologists, (particularly in the sociology of deviance), social anthropologists, and psychologists, as well as on writings in law. Areas of research in criminology include the incidence, forms, causes, and consequences of crime, as well as social and governmental regulations, and reaction to crime. For studying the distribution, and causes of crime, criminology mainly relies upon quantitative methods. The term criminology was coined in 1885 by Italian law professor Raffaele Garofalo as criminological. Around the same time, but later, French anthropologist Paul Topinard used the analogous French term criminology. The social problems perspective is the belief that crime is a manifestation of underlying social issues, such as discrimination, pervasive family violence, poverty, the break downs of traditional social institutions, ,and inadequate socialization practices. The definition of the social responsibility perspective is: the belief that individuals are fundamentally responsible for their own behavior, and that they choose crime over other, more law abiding courses of action. There have been several ongoing debates about both perspectives. It is clear there is contrasting perspectives between criminologists, and some sociologists, and I intend on explaining the differences, and similarities between the two, if any. Underlying social problems are what some believe is the real reason for crime. Yes, it is believed that people who live in poverty, and do not have the monetary advantages as others, and share violent formative years have more tendencies to commit crime. Human beings that suffer from horrific experiences growing up often repeat the vicious cycle in which
Andrei Chikatilo
What is criminology? Criminology is the scientific study of the extent, nature, causes, and control of criminal behavior in individuals, and in society. Criminology is an ` sociologists, (particularly in the sociology of deviance), social anthropologists, and psychologists, as well as on writings in law. Areas of research in criminology include the incidence, forms, causes, and consequences of crime, as well as social and governmental regulations, and reaction to crime. For studying the distribution, and causes of crime, criminology mainly relies upon quantitative methods. The term criminology was coined in 1885 by Italian law professor Raffaele Garofalo as criminological. Around the same time, but later, French anthropologist Paul Topinard used the analogous French term criminology. The social problems perspective is the belief that crime is a manifestation of underlying social issues, such as discrimination, pervasive family violence, poverty, the break downs of traditional social institutions, ,and inadequate socialization practices. The definition of the social responsibility perspective is: the belief that individuals are fundamentally responsible for their own behavior, and that they choose crime over other, more law abiding courses of action. There have been several ongoing debates about both perspectives. It is clear there is contrasting perspectives between criminologists, and some sociologists, and I intend on explaining the differences, and similarities between the two, if any. Underlying social problems are what some believe is the real reason for crime. Yes, it is believed that people who live in poverty, and do not have the monetary advantages as others, and share violent formative years have more tendencies to commit crime. Human beings that suffer from horrific experiences growing up often repeat the vicious cycle in which