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The Relationship Between Criminology and Criminal Statistics

Introduction Understanding crime is one of the most critical challenges facing modern societies. As criminal activities evolve in complexity and frequency, the need for comprehensive tools to understand, measure, and control crime becomes more urgent. This is where the disciplines of criminology and criminal statistics intersect. Criminology, a social science that studies the nature, causes,…