Crime science

Criminology

Main Theories
Conflict theory Criminalization Differential association Integrative criminology Rational choice theory Structural functionalism Subcultural theory Symbolic interactionism Victimisation
Methods
Comparative Crime statistics Clearance rate Cold case Dark figure Dog whistle Fear of crime Women's Under-reporting Unsolved deaths Profiling Ethnography Uniform Crime Reports Crime harm index Crime mapping Positivist school Qualitative Quantitative BJS NIBRS Recidivism
Subfields and other major theories
American Anthropological Biosocial criminology Conflict Criminology Critical Culture Cyber Demography Development Environmental Experimental Organizational Political Psychology Public Radical criminology
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Crime science is the study of crime in order to find ways to prevent it. It is distinguished from criminology in that it is focused on how crime is committed and how to reduce it, rather than on who committed it. It is multidisciplinary, notably recruiting scientific methodology rather than relying on social theory.