Criminology and Criminal Justice

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Criminology and criminal justice
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Criminology and Criminal Justice
Description of the field of criminology and criminal justice
Criminology has many fields in which one can participate in. these include cybersecurity,
forensic psychology, justice administration, forensic science, and corrections. On the other
hand, fields of criminal justice include working as detectives, probation officers, magistrates,
and judges. There is a close relationship between criminology and criminal justice.
Criminology is mainly the study of crime whereas criminal justice is how criminology is
applied in real life. This is how society responds to different kinds of crime, (Pound, 2018,
22). The criminal justice system has many bodies which are tasked with enforcing laws,
investigating crimes as well as trying and punishing criminals. In addition, the system also
rehabilitates those that have been convicted. It is thus worth noting that there is a thin line
between criminology and criminal justice because they all handle a societal problem of
crime. The similarity with these fields is that they study the norms of the society. The
difference is that criminology only entails the study whereas the criminal justice system is an
inclusion of different bodies such as the courts, police, juvenile agencies and corrections
Scientific methods used
Some of the scientific methods used in criminology include forensic analysis, forensic
psychology, and cybersecurity studies. In addition, there is the use of toxicology,
photography, and fingerprint study. These methods are also used in the fields of law
enforcement, corrections, and courts, (Kmeer & Bourgeois, 2017, 139). For instance,
forensic analysis help in the determination of DNA found in collecting evidence at the crime