The science of criminology and the science of punishment: a study from a jurisprudential, Sharia, and legal perspective by Dr. Ashraf Rifaat Abdel Aal

The book "The Science of Crime and the Science of Punishment (A Study from the Perspective of Islamic Jurisprudence, Sharia, and Law)" was issued as part of the series "Towards the Convergence of Legal and Religious Sciences," aiming to combine legal rooting and religious foundation in eliminating the causes of crime to prevent it, which has afflicted humans since their very first moment on Earth. The fundamental principle is that humans do not accept crime for themselves or others, but crime is a complex social phenomenon, a result of the interaction of multiple factors, including biological, psychological, cultural, economic, social, and natural factors. Societies have long endeavored to limit it, yet this chronic criminal disease has proliferated in its forms and dangers and its spread has increased despite all human tools for struggle and prevention, which have failed to prevent crime and the waste of human and material resources, as well as the destruction of the values of truth, goodness, and beauty. It was necessary to investigate the causes of the criminal phenomenon. The book is divided into five chapters that address diagnosing these factors from the legal and religious perspectives, as follows: First chapter: The reality of the science of crime and research methods in it Second chapter: Scientific theories in explaining the criminal phenomenon from the Islamic perspective and the Western perspective Third chapter: The integrative interpretation of the criminal phenomenon from the Islamic perspective Fourth chapter: Factors of crime in explaining the criminal phenomenon from the Islamic perspective and the Western perspective Fifth chapter: External factors