criminology

Noun

Meaning

A treatise on crime or the criminal population.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

crime criminal penology psychopathology criminalistics crim criminological scientific study of criminal behavior sociological study of criminals criminologie scientific study of crime scientific study of criminal behaviour scientific study of criminals scientific study of corrections scientific study of law enforcement
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Hypernyms

science sociology

Hyponyms

penology poenology

Related terms

criminologist criminological

Phrases with the word

evolutionary criminology

Examples

In Victorian criminology there was an enthusiasm for spotting criminal tendencies in a person's features. Derren Brown

At one point, I actually, ironically, thought I might go into criminology and work with the FBI. Monica Lewinsky

Existing criminology is insufficient to isolate barbarism. P. D. Ouspensky

This limitation of the field of vision of criminology together with the absence of an exact and permanent definition of the concept of crime is one of the chief characteristics of our culture. P. D. Ouspensky

The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly. Jeremy Renner

Cuizon, a first-year criminology student, abandoned dating apps after trying Tinder once. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

criminological criminologically criminologist criminophobia criminous criminously