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criminogenic en · ADJ

Etymology

From criminal + -genic.

Meanings

1. Tending to produce crime or criminals.
   • Bearing in mind the example of some European and American cities (e.g. Amsterdam, San Francisco) where visible street level activity linked to prostitution, drug use, and panhandling does not necessarily translate into high rates of violence, public disorder may not be so "criminogenic" after all in certain neighborhood and social contexts. 1999 11, Robert J. Sampson, Stephen W. Raudenbush, “Systematic Social Observation of Public Spaces: A New Look at Disorder in Urban Neighborhoods”, in American Journal of Sociology, volume 105, number 3, page 638:

Forms

Deriveds

criminogenically

Translations (8)

pt criminogênica (tending to produce crime) · pl kryminogenny (tending to produce crime) · fi kriminogeeninen (tending to produce crime) · de kriminogen (tending to produce crime) · sv kriminogen (tending to produce crime) · pt criminogênico (tending to produce crime) · ru криминоге́нный (tending to produce crime) · fr criminogène (tending to produce crime)