Definition of criminology
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The data collected over the course of 2016 and analyzed by a team of criminology professors showed: ▪ Black drivers were more likely to be pulled over and more likely to be searched.
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Not coming to terms with that violence will make people more prone to depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, and suicide, said Sarah Ullman, a professor of criminology, law, and justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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In a web community forum where criminology was discussed someone had decided to request the court papers from a murder case that happened to also contain police pictures of dead children.
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Criminology includes the study of all aspects of crime and law enforcement—criminal psychology, the social setting of crime, prohibition and prevention, investigation and detection, capture and punishment. Thus, many of the people involved—legislators, social workers, probation officers, judges, etc.—could possibly be considered criminologists, though the word usually refers only to scholars and researchers.
CRIMINOLOGY Defined for English Language Learners
criminology
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: the study of crime, criminals, and the punishment of criminals
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criminology
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: the scientific study of crime as a social phenomenon, of criminals, and of penal treatment
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