Is criminology an interesting topic to study in sociology ?
yes , both because a) how we define criminality, choose different forms of punishments and engage in debates about these processes are not only interesting but also have an immediate practical effect on the way we live now, especially as criminality parallels all other aspects of society in becoming increasingly global.. In addition these analysis are also central to b)how we reinforce our sense of ourselves as being non-deviants and c) the way that these discourses of deviance/normality become powerful ways of speaking, being and interracting in contemporary society d) getting a better grip of what the different sociological perspectives,( Functionalism, Interractionism, Conflict theories,) mean, and the effects they have on our understanding of how society works and of what kinds of people we are today.
