criminology

/kɹˌɪmɪnˈɑlədʒi/

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Frequency: 3.00 in modern English

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noun

Countable; Uncountable

"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.""

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.

criminologies (plural)

biocriminology criminological neurocriminology

criminological criminologist

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