criminology

noun

crim·i·nol·o·gy | \ ˌkri-mə-ˈnä-lə-jē

Definition of criminology

: the scientific study of crime as a social phenomenon, of criminals, and of penal treatment

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Other Words from criminology

criminological \ ˌkri-mə-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl

\ adjective

criminologically \ ˌkri-mə-nə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

criminologist \ ˌkri-mə-ˈnä-lə-jist

\ noun

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At Florida State, Tony earned a bachelor’s degree in criminology and criminal justice in 2002 and played on the football team under former coach Bobby Bowden. — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, "Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony reports negative financial net worth, according to new filing," 29 June 2019 John MacDonald, professor of criminology and sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, has studied the relationship between heat and crime and offered some theories as to why crime levels can increase with temperature. — Likhitha Butchireddygari, WSJ, "Heat Waves Precipitate More Crime in Poor Areas, Study in L.A. Finds," 24 June 2019 Grant Duwe, who has a Ph.D. in criminology and is the director of research and evaluation at the Minnesota Department of Corrections, gathered data going back 100 years in his 2007 book, Mass Murder in the United States: A History. — Dennis Prager, National Review, "Why So Many Mass Shootings?," 4 June 2019 Virtually no one in criminology disputes the age-crime curve. — German Lopez, Vox, "Cory Booker has a plan to reform the criminal justice system — without Congress," 20 June 2019 In 1982, George Kelling and James Q. Wilson proposed a criminology theory called Broken Windows. — BostonGlobe.com, "Is Suffolk County District Attorney Rollins right in her policy not to prosecute certain crimes?," 14 June 2019 Violence is so pervasive in this city, once a premier Mexican tourist destination, that criminology has become a thriving new profession. — David Luhnow, WSJ, "Latin America Is the Murder Capital of the World," 20 Sep. 2018 Michael Levi, a professor of criminology who researches money laundering and corruption at Cardiff University in the U.K., said in an email. — Kristin Broughton, WSJ, "Swedbank’s Crisis Management Questioned in Walk-Up to Money-Laundering Investigations," 3 Apr. 2019 Thomas Mauriello, a lecturer in criminology at the University of Maryland who worked as a senior polygraph examiner at the Defense Department. — Gregg Re, Fox News, "Polygraph exam taken by Kavanaugh accuser Christine Ford comes under scrutiny," 19 Sep. 2018

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