These include rehabilitation of offenders, historical studies of crime and critical inquiry of crime. Others include studies of reforms of crime control and studies of linking crime control to public policy. Pratt suggests that the relevance of criminology is that it gives solutions as to how people can prevent a rise of criminal cases in society. People desire to protect themselves from negative situations they may encounter in the future. The relevance of criminology is that people need to safeguard their interests and safety (Pratt 2008). Criminal activities in society bring insecurity. Criminology, according to Pratt helps in offering solutions to these problems in society. Pratt states that an interest in crime is personal and bears a social qualification. This is evident because police and judiciary reporters in newspapers and television channels have programs and write essays on criminals and crime. There are private television channels that prepare programs related to court cases. This is also evident in literature, art and cinema. Many books and movies focus on crime and criminals.

Pratt, in his article, state that if society has a keen interest in crime, it will benefit because people will raise social awareness in the community. The society will check if people will obey rules of criminal law or not if they have an interest in crime. When the society sees that people who break criminal laws receive punishment, this raises the confidence levels of the community to the judicial system and state (Pratt 2008). This brings cohesion in the community. Failure to fight against crime by the police and failure by the judiciary system to prosecute offenders makes people lose trust in the state and judicial system. This increases criminal behavior in the community since these offenders know that they will not face the law. Pratt suggests that this may pilot a state of lawlessness whereby there will be no peace in the community.

Interesting points

The most interesting points to consider are the importance of criminology. Without criminology, crime levels would increase leading to disunity, lack of cohesion and poor economy. Criminology helps the state and judicial system find...

Criminology gives people hope since they know the criminals will face the full charges, prosecuted by a court of law and receive punishment (Pratt 2008). The article focuses on rational choice, and it affects cases on criminal activities. The important point to consider here is the sanctions that criminals will receive when they face the law. It is also crucial to note if these sanctions will help the criminal to change and become accountable.
The article and the module

The article helps in defining the key concepts used in criminology. The article defines the key concepts in the field of criminology. This helps in understanding the diversity of the field. Through the article, Pratt discusses the origins of these concepts. This gives a deeper understanding as to how criminology has developed. The article measures how people can measure these concepts to understand crime better. The article helps in the evaluation of the claims that crime theories depict about the causation of crime. The theories help in understanding why people commit a crime in society and how people can stop it. Through the article, the theories help in understanding the reasons why some people engage in crime while some do not.

The article defines criminal justice and the theoretical contributions that it brings. This makes it easy for comparison and contrast of criminal justice issues. This happens through the application of theories and literature about the criminal justice system. The paper explains the assumptions, strengths, assertions and limitations of the contemporary theories. These theories explain individual criminological behavior of people. Evaluation of the theories helps in the bringing the strengths of these theories. The article tests these theories and brings the strengths of the theories. The article explains how these theories apply to people in society. Pratt describes how these theories about criminology apply to criminal justice issues.