Cultural Criminology and Key Benefits for Policy

CULTURAL
CRIMINOLOGY AND KEY
BENEFITS FOR POLICY

INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..................................................................................................................................3
What Cultural Criminology.........................................................................................................3
Key benefits for policy................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Criminology is the study of crime and behavior of an individual within society. Also it
covers various kinds of aspects that is related to crime and laws related to it. Criminology
majorly explains about theories and punishment. It deals with that kind of laws which has been
dealing with crime and motive behind it. Criminology also deals with psychological, behavioral
and cultural aspect of persons which makes him committed crime or a criminal offence. Scope of
criminology is wider in a sense that various aspects of society is being covered under it regarding
crime. Nature is dynamic because it covers various laws regarding it also and has been
explaining theories regarding punishment in a crime. This presentation is based on cultural
criminology and its benefits.
MAIN BODY
What Cultural Criminology
Cultural criminology is that kind of subfield which involves study of crime that has to be
focused through ways under which dynamic meaning is that to underpin every process that leads
towards criminal justice. Under this crime and definition of crime is also included within it. In
other cultural criminology has to seek through within the context of culture aspects related to it is
known as crime through context of cultural criminology which makes understanding of crime
and its relation to culture(Prieur, 2018). In this kind of criminology various aspects related over
crime and culture is being covered under it. Such kind of criminology also deals with religion,
various kinds of practices followed within a particular community. Also various theories are
there that has been having influence over change in mental state of person. In this broad range of
perspective related sensitivity of society is being covered. Evaluating over both cultural and
criminal process is being covered.
As criminology also deals with crime and laws related to it. Cultural criminology and
theories related to it explains more of those aspects which makes it clear over motivation which
an individual gets to commit a crime from cultural of society and community he lives in. The
theory gives motives to a crime, whereas other theories, such as rational choice theory, explain
what was gained. In such criminology there main focus is over dealing with certain elements of