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criminology

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crim·i·nol·o·gy  (krm-nl-j)
n.
The scientific study of crime, criminals, criminal behavior, and corrections.
[Italian criminologia : Latin crmen, crmin-, accusation; see crime + Latin -logia, -logy.]
crimi·no·logi·cal (-n-lj-kl) adj.
crimi·no·logi·cal·ly adv.
crimi·nolo·gist n.
criminology
Noun
the scientific study of crime [Latin crimen crime + -logy]
criminologist n
criminology
the scientific study of crime and criminals. — criminologist, n. — criminologic, criminological, adj.
See also: Crime
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Noun1.criminology - the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
sociology - the study and classification of human societies
penology, poenology - the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
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Students of criminology will remember the analogous incidents in Godno, in Little Russia, in the year '66, and of course there are the Anderson murders in North Carolina, but this case possesses some features which are entirely its own.
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Rather a joke, Bunny: the man whose house I've taken is one of her Majesty's inspectors of prisons, and his study's a storehouse of criminology.
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