criminology

From criminal +‎ -logy.

criminology (countable and uncountable, plural criminologies)

1. The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
   • 2019, Malcolm Gladwell, Talking to Strangers, page 283:

     "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."

• criminological
• criminologist