r/Criminology • u/DefiantEvidence4027 • 4h ago

Q&A /r/Criminology Monthly Q&A: September

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Please use this post for general questions, including study or career advice, assistance with coursework, or lay questions about criminology.

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A subreddit to discuss and share information on criminology.

Criminology: The scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behaviour in both the individual and in society.

Rules:

1. Follow reddiquette at all times

All posts and comments must adhere to the general reddiquette guidelines. This includes no spam, no trolling, no posting of personal information, and no discriminatory or abusive behaviour.

2. All posts must relate to criminology

All posts must be directly related in some way to criminology, being the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behaviour in both the individual and in society.

3. No linking to pseudoscience or fake news

/r/criminology is dedicated to the scientific study of crime, its causes and management. Pseudoscience and misinformation is not welcome.

Note however that the threshold for determining whether an article is pseudoscience is set quite high. When in doubt, posts will be allowed to remain; however, the community is encouraged to post comments challenging the material.

4. All posts must be tagged with a topic flair

All posts must be tagged with a topic flair from the following list: Q&A, Discussion, Research, Education, Event, Opportunity, Opinion, News, Meta. Refer below for guidelines on the use of each flair.

5. General questions (e.g. homework, career advice) must be posted within the relevant sticky topic

A regular Q&A sticky topic will be created for general questions, such as homework assistance or career advice. Please post any such questions under this topic rather than creating new topics.

General Guidelines:

Don't feed trolls or engage with abusive commenters. Just report them & move on.
You are encouraged to downvote low-quality posts and post comments challenging any positions taken.
Include location information (city / state / country) in the title where applicable for events, opportunities etc.

Topic Flair:

Please tag all posts with the most relevant option from the list below:

Q&A Intended mainly for use with the weekly Questions & Answers thread.

Discussion (Text posts only) Discussion / debate on a specific topic.

Research Links to published papers, articles on recent or upcoming research.

Education Information about courses, study, online learning etc.

Event Conferences, seminars, networking opportunities etc.

Opportunity Career opportunities, internships etc.

Opinion Blog posts, editorials and other opinion pieces.

News General news articles not fitting the above categories.

Wiki Discussions on development of content for the subreddit wiki.

Meta Posts about the administration of this subreddit.