How to Use criminology in a Sentence

criminology

noun
  • There aren’t many startup founders with a degree in criminology.
    Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Robinson said his desire for a future in criminology sealed his choice.
    Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Moten also has a vision for the city, one that goes beyond gambling and criminology.
    Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Virtually no one in criminology disputes the age-crime curve.
    German Lopez, Vox, 20 June 2019
  • Engle that there was no record of the future criminology student attending any campus events that weekend.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • At Fresno State, the same was true in some math, chemistry, criminology and music courses.
    Larry Gordon Edsource, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Jackson plans to earn a master’s degree in criminology at Oxford.
    Eric Stirgus, ajc, 18 Nov. 2017
  • As a basketball scholar and criminology student, Truth is busy both on and off the internet.
    Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 21 Jan. 2022
  • But the image of Moore as a reasonable scholar of criminology is far from accurate.
    Jessica Pishko, Slate Magazine, 13 Apr. 2017
  • Those values helped lead him during his 45-year career as a professor of criminology.
    Anita Gosch, Oc Register, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Angie wants to become a lawyer, and plans to major in criminology as an undergraduate, before law school.
    Mohammed Damtew, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
  • Craig Pallardy received a bachelor’s of arts in criminology and law studies.
    Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 29 June 2018
  • Cole Lalli is a sophomore from Coventry who plays pitcher on the baseball team and majors in criminology.
    courant.com, 4 June 2021
  • In 1884, the science of criminology had not yet been invented.
    Skip Hollandsworth, Esquire, 5 Apr. 2016
  • The increase was due to a number of factors, criminology experts told CNN.
    Amir Vera, CNN, 1 Jan. 2021
  • But there are also useful lessons that the characters’ lives and frequent run-ins with the law offer to casual observers and criminology students alike.
    C. Clare Strange, The Conversation, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The 17-year-old has been accepted into the school’s criminology program as part of the class of 2030.
    Essence, 17 Mar. 2026
  • As revealed at the end of the documentary, Lauryn is planning to attend college and study criminology.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • One of the great questions in criminology is why European societies have become less murderous through time.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Gun advocacy groups and criminology experts have pointed to the uncertainty of the pandemic as a key driver for firearm sales.
    Priya Krishnakumar, CNN, 30 Jan. 2022
  • But look at the evidence, Alain Bauer, a professor of criminology, told The Times.
    Harriet Marsden, theweek, 26 Apr. 2024
  • As a result, most research on wildlife crime up until this point has been conducted not from the vantage point of criminology, but of conservation biology.
    Lyndsie Bourgon, Smithsonian, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Montano, who has two degrees in criminology, left her job analyzing prison-sentencing data and took out a loan to attend Aviate.
    David Koenig, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Another group of more than 20 forensic, criminology, and data researchers hope to narrow the margins to a single culprit.
    National Geographic, 2 Aug. 2019
  • Both men received degrees in August – Cothran in criminology and Cothren in recreation, parks, and tourism management.
    Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • The former criminology student declined to provide insight into his motive.
    Nicole Acosta, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • But a group of criminology students, working with detectives who'd taken up the case again, may have found the killer — and their investigation points to a surprising suspect.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 9 Dec. 2025
  • Michael Kempa, a criminology professor at the University of Ottawa, said there are two faces of the protest.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2022
  • At the time of the murders, the 30-year-old Pennsylvania native had been working towards his doctorate in criminology at the school.
    Chris Spargo, People.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Kohberger, at the time, was a criminology graduate student at WSU.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2023

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