criminology

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Etymology

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From criminal +‎ -logy.

Noun

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criminology (countable and uncountable, plural criminologies)

  1. The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
    • 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 283:
      "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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