criminology
criminology noun: the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
Noun
criminology (countable and uncountable, plural criminologies)
- 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
criminology meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog
criminology in Hindi
- the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour
- अपराध शास्त्र aprādh śāstra
criminology in Tamil
- the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour
- குற்றவியல் kuṟṟaviyal
criminology in Bengali
- অপরাধবিজ্ঞান
criminology in Tagalog
- the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour
- kriminolohiya
More languagesFewer languages
- criminology in Arabic
- علم الجريمَة ʕilm al-jarimiyya
- criminology in Malay
- kaji jenayah, kriminologi
- criminology in Indonesian
- kriminologi
- criminology in Persian
- جرمشناسی jarem-šenâsi
- criminology in Thai
- อาชญาวิทยา àat-yaa-wít-tá-yaa
- criminology in Vietnamese
- tội phạm học
Forms of criminology
| plural | criminologies |
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Origin of criminology
From criminal + -logy.
Words formed from criminology
Questions about criminology
- What does criminology mean?
- Criminology means the study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
- What is criminology in Hindi?
- Criminology in Hindi is अपराध शास्त्र (aprādh śāstra). See Criminology meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is criminology?
- Criminology is a noun.
- What is the plural of criminology?
- The plural of criminology is criminologies.
Words near criminology in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: criminology (page history and authors); criminology (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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