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Criminology   /krˌɪmɪnˈɑlədʒi/   Listen
Criminology

noun
1.
The scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement.





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"Criminology" Quotes from Famous Books



... observed Holmes, quietly, with a glance at Raleigh's ears. "The temporal angle of your ears is 93-1/8 degrees, whereas Charon's stand out at 91, by my otometer. To that extent your criminal instincts are superior to his. If criminology is an exact science, reasoning by your respective ears, you ought to beat him out by a perceptible though possibly ...
— The Pursuit of the House-Boat • John Kendrick Bangs
... "but I see what the Home Office is driving at. Someone has been persuading them to test these new theories in criminology the doctors are so ...
— The White Wolf and Other Fireside Tales • Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
... Criminal Investigation Department (and the study of the Hun may be legitimately regarded as a department of criminology) the Provost-Marshal and his staff may be described as a kind of Metropolitan Police. The P.M. and his A.P.M.'s are the Censores Morum of the occupied towns, just as the Camp Commandants are the Aediles. It is the duty of an A.P.M. to round up stragglers, visit estaminets, keep a cold eye ...
— Leaves from a Field Note-Book • J. H. Morgan


Words linked to "Criminology" :   sociology, penology, criminologist, poenology, criminological


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