Dylan Hess
June 27, 2018
CCJ 2610-12096
Graded Assignment 1
1. Criminology is the scientific study of crime and criminals, or as I was told in my
Intro to Criminology class, the “why”. In my previous class we went over how
Criminology was not about the investigation of the crime but more of the
reasoning as to why the person decided to commit the crime. Sort of like trying
to figure out the motive(s) behind their actions. The roles of a Criminologist are
much larger than most people would probably expect. A Criminologist has a very
