criminology

CEFRC1

/krˌɪmɪˈnɑlədʒi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The study of crime, criminals, and why crime happens.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.

Examples

  • Donald is taking criminology this year.

  • He's a criminology major.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

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In context
  • I'm majoring in criminology.

  • "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."

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Question 1 · Quick check

She studies blank to understand why people commit crimes in modern society.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From criminal + -logy.