Download or read book Crime and Criminology written by Prafullah Padhy and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2006 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Crime and Criminology is an older, larger field of sociology dealing with matter related to crime and criminal behaviour. It includes fields such as crime statistics, criminal psychology, forensic science, law enforcement, and detective methods. It adheres to the natural science model and borrows heavily from philosophy, psychology and sociology. Designed for students, teachers and researchers of criminology, this book provides a lucid and comprehensive coverage of basic principles of the subject in wide-angle perspective.