Criminology Essay

Criminology Essay

INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................4
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................4
A brief outline of the division of the state and federal................................................................4
Potentialreform............................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES.................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Criminology is the study of crime and various aspects related to it. Under this various
types of crimes is being covered and explained. Also concrete laws formed in order to reduce
crime is also studied under this only. It deals with criminal laws of a country that gives power to
all law officials for taking action against crime. Criminology covers various kinds of aspects that
are related to crime and victim. Both these are studied combined under the subject of penology.
Scope of criminology is wider in terms as it makes various aspects of criminal law to be covered
within it. Nature is also very dynamic as it covers lot of factors regarding occurrence of crime
within a society. Things that has to be covered in this essay are is Section 51 of constitution,
overlapping of federal and state agencies. Also section 109 of the constitution is going to be dealt
with. In the end potential reform.
MAIN BODY
A brief outline of the division of the state and federal
The constitution of Australia are considered to be those kind of rules and
regulation that has to be followed by all the persons living within the country. These set of
concrete framework is responsible for governing of Australia. People of the country has chosen
this constitution to balance law and order. Under this constitution various aspects has been
covered which are related to different laws that is existing within a country like Australia. It also
explain about functioning of parliament in Australia with the powers define to them (Copes and
Ragland, 2016).
As per section 51 constitution of Australia various powers has been given to parliament
of Australia that has been subjected to constitution. Also there are six colonies that has joined
together to form a Federation in 1901. There are 39 subsections that are related to section 51 that
has been there for describing of “head of power” that has given the parliament of powers to make
laws. Commonwealth legislative power is being limited over granting the constitution. The
matters that is being covered within the section 51 that has been legislated through states. Also
both central and state has been given with lot of powers to deal with crime.
Both state and centre is being given power according to the constitution under this section
51 to make laws in order to deal with any kind of criminal or non-criminal offence to mark out