Who is considered as the father of Criminology?
Correct answer: D. Lombroso
- A. Adler
- B. Sutherland
- C. Becker
- D. Lombroso
Explanation
Cesare Lombroso is widely called the father of criminology because he made the criminal, rather than only the crime or law, the subject of systematic study. Sutherland and Becker are important later criminologists, while Adler is not associated with founding the discipline.
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