Criminology is the study of lawmaking, lawbreaking, and reactions to crime. There are two parts that when combined make up the definition of criminology. The first part is lawmaking which is primarily influenced by society, our culture, and our leaders. When making laws, you must first decide if the act is criminal or not. For example, we know that murder, robbery, and rape are morally wrong, but we still must have laws against these acts …showed first 75 words of 1015 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1015 total…the officer the authority to determine if a crime has indeed occurred. Over policing is another reason that a lot of crime goes unreported. When police are busy covering high crime areas, other crime areas are going unnoticed. Although our criminal justice system has its problems, it has came along way since laws have been introduced into our society. Crime and criminal acts will always be a subject that does not have a simple answer.