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criminology

noun

Etymology

From criminal + -logy.

  1. derived from crimen
  2. derived from criminalis
  3. derived from criminal
  4. inherited from cryminal
  5. suffixed as criminology — “criminal + logy”

Definitions

  1. The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.

    • "So that then begins a sort of rethinking of my idea of criminology," Weisburd said. "Like most other people, my studies were about people. I said, maybe we ought to be more concerned with places."

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