Criminology is a pretty common subject here, taught at all the colleges and universities. Most universities also offer the course on-line. I just did a google search, and there were too many to list, including Florida State and Arizona State. There are myriads of books on the subject, too. Amazon has over 28,000 of them.
The best article I have ever read about criminology was actually in the preface of a book about Jack the Ripper. The author was a criminologist, and he wrote about the criminal mind as related to the “dominant 5%” of any population. He goes on to explain that about 5% of every population (animal or man) are dominant. Out of those 5%, we get our great minds, scientists, musicians, inventors. But also out of that 5%, are individuals who have no special talent, but still have the need to dominate, so out of that group comes our criminals, serial killers, and what he calls “deranged messiahs.” You know the type, the Jimmy Jones’ and the Charles Mansons of this world. Very interesting.