Criminology Is Obscuring The Causes Of Crime | Controversy

Criminologists are scientists who study the causes of crime and ways of controlling it. At a time when crime is increasing it would seem they have an important contribution to make. But Dr Cohen, a lecturer in sociology at the University of Essex, believes they are failing to do so. He says British criminologists tend to regard crime as a sort of disease for which you can find a cause in the physical or psychological characteristics of the individual.