Criminology Awareness Report

Document Type:Coursework

Subject Area:Criminology

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The goals of this field are to enable the learners to; understand the nature of a crime, acquire facility with criminological research approaches, range criminal justice policies, their effectiveness and their limitations among other goals. Professional Association The American Society of Criminology(ASC), which is an international professional association comprising of over 3000 experts. ASC is majorly tasked with assembling a multidisciplinary platform which promotes study and research in criminology. Similarly, to other associations, the society has various membership subscriptions to its members. According to information researched about the association, it came out that, it has two kinds of journals namely criminology & public policy and criminology. & Criminology 81 (2014): 653' Ronald & Akers (2014) investigated on ‘the rational choice, deterrence and social learning theory in criminology.

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' The author tested ‘rational choice' and deterrence discovered that the rational choice alters deterrence in some manners. The outcome of the deterrence and social learning indicated that the underscore has raised up because of a letdown of locating effects of deterrence on the fear of just punishment. Trade / Professional Publications in Criminology The journals, criminology, and criminology & public policy The journal of criminology is a certified publication of the association. It is interdisciplinary published quarterly per year. It has many career opportunities, and it is the only arm tasked with ensuring fair justice to all people globally. Also, it is tasked with investigations and determination of the cause of crime and passing ‘fair' punishment to criminals. Work cited Akers, Ronald L.

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