Basic Concepts in Criminology
Handbook for Law Enforcement Personnel (Police, Corrections and Security Officers)
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Basic Concepts in Criminology is an introduction to Criminology. It is intended to serve as resource material for prospective students of Criminology and particularly for law enforcement officers in training and in the field. Criminology as a social science discipline is structured from a combination of concepts of Sociology, Psychology and the Law all relevant subjects to the Law Enforcement profession. Remarkably, Criminology is not very popular as a stand-alone subject amongst disciplines of choice for undergraduate students or even for those going in for graduate studies. Instead what we notice in most Universities’ curricula are related disciplines like Criminal Justice, Criminal Investigation, Crime scene Investigation, Forensic, Law Enforcement and so forth. Material contained in this book will be particularly useful to law enforcement officers; the Police, Corrections and Security officers. Junior officers in the Law Enforcement professions to whom this subject should be of interest unfortunately show little or no interest in it. In this book I have attempted to approach and make this subject much easier and interesting to prospective students of Criminology in general and to Law Enforcement officers in particular to whom knowledge of this subject is an important professional asset. I hope it will stir and arouse their interest and that of prospective students of Criminology in general.
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Basic Concepts in Criminology is an introduction to criminology. It is intended to serve as resource material for prospective students of criminology and particularly for law enforcement officers in training and in the field. Criminology as a social science discipline is structured from a combination of concepts of sociology, psychology, and law—all relevant subjects to the law enforcement profession. Remarkably, criminology is not very popular as a stand-alone subject among disciplines of choice for undergraduate students or even for those going in for graduate studies. Instead, what we notice in most universities’ curricula are related disciplines, like criminal justice, criminal investigation, crime scene investigation, forensic, law enforcement, and so forth. Material contained in this book will be particularly useful to law enforcement officers; the Police, Corrections, and Security officers. In this book, I have attempted to approach and make this subject much easier and interesting to prospective students of Criminology in general and to law enforcement officers in particular, to whom knowledge of this subject is an important professional asset. I hope it will stir and arouse their interest and that of prospective students of Criminology in general.
About the Author
Asongwe N. Thomas was born in Bambili, Cameroon, about 1959. He attended Bilingual Secondary School Yaoundé and CCAST Bambili from 1970–1977. He holds a B.A from University of Yaoundé, Cameroon, and an M.A in Public Administration from George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. He also holds professional diplomas in Corrections Administration, Administration of Justice, and Computer Technology. He has worked in various positions as Corrections Administrator in Cameroon, Deputy Sheriff in Norman, Oklahoma, and currently as Protective Service officer contracted to the Federal Protective Police in Washington, DC, USA.