Abstract This article takes stock of the criminological progress to become an independent discipline by examining the relationship between sociology and criminology. It proposes a scheme of development of criminology, which divides the history of criminology roughly into three eras. In the first era, sociology provided criminology a home in its infantry where it grew healthily into a dynamic subfield of study. During its second era of the great expansion, criminology and criminal justice diffused rapidly with the pain of identity crisis. This expansion provided new evidence for Kuhn’s thesis that political power, not scientific accuracy – determines the scientific dogma of the day. Finally, in the new millennium, criminologists are at a crossroad: Many believe that criminology has come of age while others maintain that criminology should maintain its bonds with sociology. It is concluded that criminology as an open and evolving discipline need to be inclusive in conducting research.

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作为一门开放学科的犯罪学作为刑事司法：论美国社会学与犯罪学的关系

摘要 本文通过考察社会学与犯罪学之间的关系，盘点犯罪学发展成为一门独立学科的进程。提出了犯罪学的发展思路，将犯罪学的历史大致划分为三个时代。在第一个时代，社会学为犯罪学提供了一个家，在那里它健康地成长为一个动态的研究子领域。在大扩张的第二个时代，犯罪学和刑事司法随着身份危机的痛苦迅速扩散。这种扩展为库恩的论点提供了新的证据，即政治权力而非科学准确性决定了当时的科学教条。最后，在新千年里，犯罪学家正处于一个十字路口：许多人认为犯罪学已经成熟，而其他人则认为犯罪学应该与社会学保持联系。得出的结论是，犯罪学作为一门开放和不断发展的学科，在开展研究时需要具有包容性。