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  2. Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice

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    Justice. The Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the theoretical and scientific aspects of the study of crime and the practical problems of law enforcement, administration of justice and the treatment of offenders, particularly in the Canadian context.

  3. Comparative criminal justice - Wikipedia

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    The Scale of Justice. Comparative criminal justice is a subfield of the study of Criminal justice that compares justice systems worldwide. Such study can take a descriptive, historical, or political approach. [1] It studies the similarities and differences in structure, goals, punishment and emphasis on rights as well as the history and ...

  4. Outline of academic disciplines - Wikipedia

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    An academic discipline or field of study is a branch of knowledge, taught and researched as part of higher education. A scholar's discipline is commonly defined by the university faculties and learned societies to which they belong and the academic journals in which they publish research. Disciplines vary between well-established ones in almost ...

  5. On Crimes and Punishments - Wikipedia

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    On Crimes and Punishments. Frontpage of the original Italian edition Dei delitti e delle pene. On Crimes and Punishments (Italian: Dei delitti e delle pene [dei deˈlitti e ddelle ˈpeːne]) is a treatise written by Cesare Beccaria in 1764. The treatise condemned torture and the death penalty and was a founding work in the field of penology.

  6. Criminology - Wikipedia

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    Criminology (from Latin crimen, "accusation", and Ancient Greek -λογία, -logia, from λόγος logos meaning: "word, reason") is the interdisciplinary study of crime and deviant behaviour. [1] Criminology is a multidisciplinary field in both the behavioural and social sciences, which draws primarily upon the research of sociologists ...

  7. Criminal justice - Wikipedia

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    Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the rehabilitation of offenders, preventing other crimes, and moral support for victims. The primary institutions of the criminal justice system are the ...

  8. Cultural criminology - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Cultural criminology is a subfield in the study of crime that focuses on the ways in which the "dynamics of meaning underpin every process in criminal justice, including the definition of crime itself." [1]: 6 In other words, cultural criminology seeks to understand crime through the context of culture and cultural processes. [2]

  9. Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice - Wikipedia

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    Website. Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice. The Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice is a division of the Faculty of Public Affairs at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It offers a Bachelor of Arts degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice (Honours). Concentrations are offered in Sociology, Psychology or Law.