Which Would be the Right Way to Identify My Topic for Criminology? - Tutors India

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WHICH WOULD BE THE RIGHT WAY TO IDENTIFY MY
TOPIC FOR CRIMINOLOGY
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Today's Discussion
Introduction Ways to Identify My Topic for
Criminology Open Web Sources Core Scholarly
Journals/ Articles Appropriate Topics on
Criminal Sciences Book Chapters, Hand Books and
Encyclopedias Gray Literature Gray Literature
Sources for Criminology Virtual Libraries,
Magazine and Search Engines Conclusion Future
Scopes
OUTLINE
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Introduction
Criminology, a fascinating branch of sociology
and behavioral science is the study of
crimes. Its true motivation is finding the
criminals, identifying the cause and consequence,
preventing deviance and also focuses on several
other t opics like crime behavior, forecasting,
theories, etc. Crime theories and schools of
thoughts throws light on getting a deeper insight
into the crime system, handling crimes and how
the world dwells with it. Contd..
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Figure 1 Ways to Identify Your Topic of
Research in Criminology
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Ways to Identify My Topic for Criminology
Criminology is a modern science with a vast
number of outgrowths that has gained massive
momentum in the recent decades. Social media and
e-sources are the ideal and most renowned modes
of finding the right topics of criminology for
dissertation and research purposes. We have
enlisted the professional and typical methods of
finding your topic for dissertation based on our
critical survey. Criminology as a subject
consists of a number of disciplines that are
based on methods and techniques of natural and
the social sciences. A vast literature survey
may enable the researcher to choose his/her topic
of interest.
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Open Web Sources
The most common way of finding criminology topic
is through open source Internet however they are
not completely reliable and do not hold strong
scientific background. This may enable the
author to get a broad picture of the current
trends and are not solely reliable for
finalizing the dissertation topic.
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Core Scholarly Journals/ Articles
Literature survey through Scholarly Journals" is
the most recommended way of f inding the topic
of interest in criminology. Scholarly articles
are reliable and tested methods and theories
published by experts in the respective
field. Find latest and most a ppropriate topics
on criminal sciences
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Appropriate Topics on Criminal Sciences
Criminology Justice Quarterly Journal of
Criminal Law and Criminology American Journal of
Criminal Justice British Journal of
Criminology Journal of Research in Crime and
Delinquency
Journal of Interpersonal Violence Deviant
Behavior Criminology an interdisciplinary
journal Criminal Justice and Behavior Crime and
Delinquency Journal of Experimental Criminology
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Book Chapters, Hand Books and Encyclopedias
Books are still the oldest and yet the convention
sources of basic and advance information in any
subject. Criminal science experts, chief judges,
researchers and professionals are often prompted
to write a book or contribute to book chapters on
their field of expertise. These chapters and
books are vital sources containing a pool of
information on diverse aspects of the chosen
study.
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Gray Literature
Another classic way of identifying the topics for
studies on criminology is gray
literature. Gray literatures are significant
informative contents that include
non-conventional, momentary reports, episodic
publications. Grey literature encompasses
manifold documents generated by government,
academics and industry at every hierarchical
level and stays conserved by intellectual
property rights. Example Proceedings,
regulatory data, trial data, government
publications, reports, thesis abstracts,
governmental policies etc.
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Gray Literature Sources for Criminology
It is an arduous process to attain the relevant
literature via gray literature. Gray literature
on criminology may lessen/avoid favoritism, non-
standard publication, and may enable the user to
obtain a comprehensive picture of the actual
criminal case. NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFERENCE SERVICE (NCJRS) Specific information
on criminal cases, corrections, court trials,
strategies for crime prevention, drugs, juvenile
justice, law enforcement, and victims. Source
https//www.ncjrs.gov/viewall.html Contd..
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AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR CRIMINOLOGY It is an
international organization and is concerned with
evaluation, etiology, consequences, prevention,
control, and treatment of crime and
delinquency. Source https//www.asc41.com/divisi
ons.html BUREAU OF JUSTICE STATISTICS This
portal is highly resourceful in providing
statistics based data on common crimes, justice
system, law and order, court sentences
etc. Source http//www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/ Contd
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THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF JUSTICE (NIJ) It is a
massive collection of research topics and can be
high resourceful for researchers to land at
their topic of interest in criminology. Source
http//www.nij.gov/Pages/welcome.aspx
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Virtual Libraries, Magazine and Search Engines
Other plausible modes to identify c riminology
topics is to explore the virtual libraries,
magazine that provides the researcher with
updated information on political and social
scenario of a nation in a global viewpoint
R esearch gate, Academia. edu etc.
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Conclusion
Criminology is a fascinating branch of science
that technically involves the documentation of
factual information about criminal act, scene and
shaping of theories. One may explore the world
of resources to get a broader picture of the
various aspects of the criminal sciences and may
select his or her topic of research based on
what triggers ones interest quotient.
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Future Scopes

• A lot of other modes of e xploring this topic may
  evolve and the blog may be updated there after
  for the benefit of the readers.
• A country wise database of gray literature
  sources criminal and justice oriented magazine,
  e-library sources may also be included to provide
  value addition and continued support to the
  researchers.

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