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t. e. Criminology (from Latin crimen, "accusation", and Ancient Greek -λογία, -logia, from λόγος logos meaning: "word, reason") is the interdisciplinary study of crime and deviant behaviour. [1] Criminology is a multidisciplinary field in both the behavioural and social sciences, which draws primarily upon the research of sociologists ...
The Institute of Criminology is the criminological research institute within the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. [1] The Institute is one of the oldest criminological research institutes in Europe, and has exerted a strong influence on the development of criminology. [2] Its multidisciplinary teaching and research staff are ...
David Wilson (born 23 April 1957) is a Scottish emeritus professor of criminology at Birmingham City University. [1] A former prison governor, he is well known as a criminologist specialising in serial killers [2] [3] through his work with various British police forces, academic publications, books and media appearances. [2] [4]
John Braithwaite (born 30 July 1951, Ipswich) is a Distinguished Professor at the Australian National University (ANU). Braithwaite is the recipient of a number of international awards and prizes for his work, including an honorary doctorate at KU Leuven (2008), the University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award with Peter Drahos for Ideas Improving World Order (2004), and the Prix Emile Durkheim ...
David W. Garland. David Garland is Arthur T. Vanderbilt Professor of Law and professor of sociology at New York University, and an honorary professor in Criminology at Edinburgh Law School. [1] He is well known for his historical and sociological studies of penal institutions, [2] for his work on the welfare state, and for his contributions to ...
jjay.cuny.edu. The John Jay College of Criminal Justice ( John Jay) is a public college focused on criminal justice and located in New York City. It is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY). John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice and forensic focus in the United States.
Doctor of Criminal Justice. The Doctor of Criminal Justice (D.C.J.) is a doctoral degree in the field of criminal justice. As a terminal degree, it prepares the holder for administrative, research, academic or professional positions in the criminal justice field at both public and private institutions.
The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences ( ACJS) is an international association established in 1963 to foster professional and scholarly activities in the field of criminal justice and criminology. ACJS promotes criminal justice and criminology education, policy analysis, and research for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers.