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wrbasek0

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What is criminology and what is a criminologist? What career paths are available for individuals earning various degrees in criminology?
 
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What are the various definitional perspectives by which crime can be defined and how does each perspective define crime? What is deviant behavior? What are the similarities and differences between criminal behavior and deviant behavior?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Answer: Answers should define criminology and criminologists, and should discuss some of the career paths, including jobs available in the areas of criminalistics and criminal justice.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: Answers should include a discussion of the four definitional perspectives (legalistic, political, sociological, and psychological) and an explanation of how each views crime. They should also include a definition of deviant behavior as behavior that violates social norms and should explain how the two concepts overlap but are not identical.
Objective: What is crime? What is the definition of crime that the author of this text has chosen to use?; What is deviance? How are crime and deviance similar? How do they differ?



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