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Criminology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour. countable, uncountable

    ""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.""

  2. 2
    the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement wordnet

Etymology

From criminal + -logy.

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