Dictionary

criminology en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree English criminal Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English criminology From criminal + -logy.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
   • Criminology will help you understand the motivations of lawbreakers.
   • "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." 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 283:

Forms

Deriveds

criminological · biocriminology · neurocriminology

Relateds

criminological · criminologist

Translations (58)

nn kriminologi (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · be крыміналогія (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · hi अपराध शास्त्र (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · mk криминологија (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · tr kriminoloji (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · ar علم الجريمَة (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · sw kriminolojia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · hy քրեաբանություն (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · el εγκληματολογία (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · az kriminologiya (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · sl kriminologija (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · da kriminologi (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · it criminologia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · nb kriminologi (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · ms kaji jenayah (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · cy troseddeg (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · de Kriminologie (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · ta குற்றவியல் (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · eu kriminologia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · sk kriminológia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · eo kriminologio (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · sv kriminologi (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · fi rikosoppi (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · pt criminologia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · lt kriminologija (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · cmn 犯罪學 /犯罪学 (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · ms kriminologi (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · uk кримінологія (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · gl criminoloxía (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · sh kriminologija (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · km ឧក្រិដ្ឋវិទ្យា (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · kk криминология (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · tl kriminolohiya (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · lv kriminoloģija (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · ka კრიმინოლოგია (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · sw elimu ya uhalifu (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · ko 범죄학 (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · sq kriminologjia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · th อาชญาวิทยา (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · fr criminologie (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · nl criminologie (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · he קרימינולוגיה (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · fa جرمشناسی (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · cs kriminologie (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · id kriminologi (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · is afbrotafræði (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · ca criminologia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · ro criminologie (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · hu kriminológia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · pl kryminologia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · ja 犯罪学 (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · ru криминоло́гия (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · et kriminoloogia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · es criminología (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · vi tội phạm học (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · sh криминологија (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · bg криминология (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour) · fi kriminologia (the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour)