Criminology provides empirical knowledge, so their explanations are based on existing criminological research describing how the criminal justice system works in reality. Under this premise, this book presents the major issues studied criminology: why people break the law; the contexts in which they do, and ways to reduce crime. Also it exposes clearly and concisely how society reacts to crime and functioning of the criminal justice system (police, judiciary and system of punishment).
In all topics critical guidance combined with an appreciative attitude toward the study group, which describes its function, the complexity of its tasks, the contradictory demands which are under their agents and multiple conflicting values.
