CRIMINOLOGY

[crim.i.nol.o.gy] n [It criminologia, fr. L crimin-, crimen + It -o- + -logia -logy] (1890): the scientific study of crime as a social phenomenon, of criminals, and of penal treatment -- crim.i.no.log.i.cal adj -- crim.i.no.log.i.cal.ly adv -- crim.i.nol.o.gist n