Criminology
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...rehabilitation. Although it is generally considered a subdivision of sociology , criminology also draws on the findings of psychology, economics, and other disciplines that investigate humans and their environment. In examining the evolution and definition...consider crime a type of anomic behavior; others characterize it as a more conscious response to social conditions, to stress, to the breakdown in law enforcement or social order, and to the labeling of certain behavior as deviant. Since cultures...