Criminology includes the study of all aspects of crime and law enforcement鈥攃riminal psychology, the social setting of crime, prohibition and prevention, investigation and detection, capture and punishment. Thus, many of the people involved鈥攍egislators, social workers, probation officers, judges, etc.鈥攃ould possibly be considered criminologists, though the word usually refers only to scholars and researchers.
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