Questions tagged [criminology]

For questions about the scientific study of the nature, extent, management, causes, control, consequences, and prevention of criminal behavior, both on the individual and social levels. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioral and social sciences, drawing especially upon the research of sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, psychiatrists, social anthropologists, as well as scholars of law.

This tag is for questions about the scientific study of the nature, extent, management, causes, control, consequences, and prevention of criminal behavior, both on the individual and social levels. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioral and social sciences, drawing especially upon the research of sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, psychiatrists, social anthropologists, as well as scholars of law.

This is different to the confusingly named which is off-topic on this site. (see this meta post)

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Are Sex Offender Treatment Programmes (SOTPs) effective?

Background to my question on SOTPs NOMS is the UKs National Offender Management Service, which is now called Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service. If you look at the UKs official website on Offender Behaviour Progammes (OBPs) run by Her…
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Why are mass shooters in America so much more likely to be male than female?

Is there any scientific research on why this is so? I got this statistic from an article titled "Why Are Almost All Mass Shooters Men?" on The Violence Project. However, their reasoning for the "why" is, in my opinion, not at all concrete.
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Would this situation/mindset fall under the Just World Hypothesis?

Consider this situation: A boy gets injured due to a bully. Instead of blaming the bully, people say it's the boy's fault because he should've stood up for himself. A similar situation can be made with animal abuse. Normally people blame the…
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How to talk down a suicidal person when time is of the essence

From what I gather, the standard tactic for talking down someone who wants to kill themselves is to play for time (until help arrives, until the person changes their mind, etc.). But what about scenarios in which every second counts? The reason I'm…