• Crime is not committed in a vacuum. It occurs in a particular socio-economic and political context. Criminology examines the broader social and individual contexts that lead to criminal behavior.
  • It also examines how criminal justice is shaped by larger social, political and technological contexts, and how they are translated into practice in agencies such as the police, courts, corrections, the juvenile system, and various social and government service agencies.
  • The program explores and critically analyzes criminological and sociological theories of why people commit the crime. It also examines how societies define crime and who is considered a criminal.