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单词 criminology
释义

criminologyn.

Brit. /ˌkrɪmᵻˈnɒlədʒi/, U.S. /ˌkrɪməˈnɑlədʒi/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin crīmin- , crīmen , -ology comb. form.
Etymology: < classical Latin crīmin-, crīmen crime n. + -ology comb. form. Compare earlier criminologist n. Quot. 1872 attributes the word to French, but French criminologie is apparently not attested until later (1888).
The study of crime and criminals; this as an academic discipline.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > criminology
criminology1872
1872 Boston Daily Advertiser 3 Apr. (Suppl.) 1/6 The law school affords..lectures..on what the French call ‘criminology’, or the science of penal legislation.
1890 Athenæum 6 Sept. 325/2 We share Dr. Topinard's dislike of the term ‘criminal anthropology’, and may adopt the term ‘criminology’ till a better can be found.
1919 C. Goring Eng. Convict i. 11 The science of criminology..has been..warped by its subjection to all sorts of superstitious and conventional dogmas.
1934 Mod. Psychologist June 9/2 Of great importance to criminology, however, are the neuron systems in the emotions center.
1964 Listener 26 Mar. 507/1 The Reader in criminology at Oxford has given me the following definition of a recidivist.
2005 S. D. Levitt & S. J. Dubner Freakonomics iv. 135 The ‘bloodbath’ school of criminology was touting exactly the opposite theory.

Derivatives

criminoˈlogical adj.
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society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] > criminology
criminological1888
1888 Mind 13 451 The investigations of the criminological school..aim at constituting a new department of anthropology.
1935 Times 10 Dec. 45/1 Sentence has to be passed almost at once, and this offends enlightened criminological ideas.
1991 R. Reiner Chief Constables iii. vii. 134 The predominant criminological theory articulated by chief constables.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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