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neurocriminology

neurocriminology noun: an emerging subdiscipline of biocriminology and criminology in general, which applies brain imaging techniques and principles from neuroscience to understand, predict, and prevent crime.

Noun

neurocriminology (uncountable)

  1. An emerging subdiscipline of biocriminology and criminology in general, which applies brain imaging techniques and principles from neuroscience to understand, predict, and prevent crime.

Origin of neurocriminology

From neuro- + criminology.

Questions about neurocriminology

What does neurocriminology mean?
Neurocriminology means an emerging subdiscipline of biocriminology and criminology in general, which applies brain imaging techniques and principles from neuroscience to understand, predict, and prevent crime.
What part of speech is neurocriminology?
Neurocriminology is a noun.

Words near neurocriminology in the dictionary

  1. neurocranially
  2. neurocranium
  3. neurocrest
  4. neurocrests
  5. neurocriminological
  6. neurocriminology
  7. neurocrine
  8. neurocristopathic
  9. neurocristopathies
  10. neurocristopathy
  11. neurocritical

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