About Criminology

Criminology

Professional Introduction

Criminology takes the phenomenon of crime as its object of study, and mainly researches the basic theories and knowledge of the methods, causes, and psychology of crime, and carries out crime investigations, crime analyses and predictions, crime prevention, psychological studies of criminals, as well as probation and correction of criminals in the organs of public security and other agencies. For example, research is conducted to understand the causes and psychology of criminals' crimes, to predict criminals' future criminal actions, and thus to avoid the occurrence of crimes.

Courses Offered

Principles of Criminology, Western Criminology, Criminal Policy, Crime Victimology, Crime Prevention, Criminal Psychology, Criminal Correction, Introduction to Crime Evaluation, Criminological Research Methods, Criminal Statistics, Introduction to Public Security, Criminal Investigation, Public Security Management, Criminal Science and Technology, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law, Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Social Work, General Psychology, Social Psychology, Introduction to Social Work, and General Psychology. General Psychology, Social Psychology, Personality Psychology, and Psychology of Metamorphosis.

Employment Direction

The employment direction of this graduate is scientific research, education/training, and civil service, and the graduate positions are mainly for criminal crime appraisers, crime investigators, law enforcement officers, police officers, prison guards, probation officers, parole officers, and social workers.