Crime is an intended act or
violation of criminal law (statutory or case law), committed without defense
or justification, and sanctioned by
the state as an offence or misdemeanor ”
A person who commits crime is a criminal.
But technically, unless a person is convicted of crime by the Court of Law, he cannot be
designated as a criminal. If pronouncement
is pending by the court then he is
referred to as an „alleged criminal‟. Against
this backdrop, crime may be defined as “any
act done or committed in violation of public law, for which the person is liable to punishment by
indictment, presentment or impeachment.
Criminology is defined as the
“scientific learning of crime as a social phenomenon” or “a science
that deals with different
aspects of behavior
that violates criminal law”. In its broader
sense, it is referred to as the “entire figure of information regarding the
causes and prevention
of crime, punishment
and correction of
criminals, and process of correctional
institutions and agencies”.
To know more about the causes of crime and growth of criminology go though the given video lecture.
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