Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.

    Criminology will help you understand the motivations of lawbreakers.

    Kriminologie

    криминоло́гияkriminológija

    кримінологіяkryminolohija

    the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Tom is a criminology major.

  2. Donald is taking criminology this year.

  3. I'm majoring in criminology.

  4. He's a criminology major.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour:
Русский
By meaning 1
the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour:

Forms

plural: criminologies
Singularcriminology
Pluralcriminologies

regular

Word family

4 related words

See also

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