Criminology is an English word with synonyms like sociology. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Criminology in a sentence
Criminology meaning
The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
Synonyms of Criminology
Using Criminology
- The main meaning on this page is: The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
- Useful related words include: sociology.
- In the example corpus, criminology often appears in combinations such as: of criminology, in criminology, criminology and.
Context around Criminology
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Criminology
- In this selection, "criminology" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, sfu, uwi, university, student, professor and department stand out and add context to how "criminology" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include believe a criminology student was and books on criminology theory that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "criminology" sits close to words such as abortive, adel and agonising, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with criminology
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Do folks just want to believe a criminology student was a true crime obsessive? (14 words)
After leaving the criminology field, Lind joined the College of the Desert golf team. (14 words)
A transformative law and criminology course is being offered to prison learners at Wrexham University. (15 words)
When it comes to the evolution of organized crime across the country, Calgary is not dissimilar to other major cities, according to Stephen Schneider, a professor in the department of criminology at Saint Mary's University in Halifax. (38 words)
Dr Nouri, a senior lecturer in criminology at Swansea University, said the confusion and lack of information around Covid played into the hands of the far-right and was a powerful tool to push their message. (36 words)
Brand - who was 47 at the time - also brought an end to the career of his 'smart and talented' wife who had two masters degrees and dreamed of pursuing a job in psychology or criminology. (35 words)
Do folks just want to believe a criminology student was a true crime obsessive? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
Like Carleton’s criminology department, SFU criminology needs to take a cold, hard look at where they’re implicitly staking their ground politically by being in a partnership with police departments.
So we have UWI Criminology students who may read books on Criminology theory that do not mention “plantation society”, “plantation economy”, or “colonialism” even once.
A Vancouver Island University criminology student will prowl neighbourhoods around Northfield Road to gauge sentiment about crime in the area.
BCF is a national association of nearly 70 Black scholars holding a doctorate degree in criminology, criminal justice, juvenile justice, or a related field of study.
Do folks just want to believe a criminology student was a true crime obsessive?
Dr Nouri, a senior lecturer in criminology at Swansea University, said the confusion and lack of information around Covid played into the hands of the far-right and was a powerful tool to push their message.
Kohberger had just completed his first semester at Washington State University, where he was pursuing a doctorate in the school’s Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, according to the university.
Senior Criminology lecturer Dr Natasha Mulvihill said Chloe was an “articulate, critically engaged student” who had “an insight and maturity beyond her years”.
She is currently undertaking a Bachelor of Marine Science at Macquarie University and in addition has also studied for a Bachelor of Social Science majoring in Criminology Degree from Macquarie University.
That’s according to the Australian Institute of Criminology, which added that there were 29 Indigenous deaths in custody in 2022, as reports.
The document names Bryan Kohberger — a 28-year-old criminology student at nearby Washington State University — as the suspect in the quadruple homicide.
The furniture restorer studied criminology and philosophy at the university, where he was diagnosed with dyslexia.
When it comes to the evolution of organized crime across the country, Calgary is not dissimilar to other major cities, according to Stephen Schneider, a professor in the department of criminology at Saint Mary's University in Halifax.
After leaving the criminology field, Lind joined the College of the Desert golf team.
A transformative law and criminology course is being offered to prison learners at Wrexham University.
At the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Marikina, 50 students from the College of Criminology participated in a session designed to provide them with skills to safeguard their communities from online dangers.
Authored by City University of London’s Professor of Criminology, Emmeline Taylor, the report outlines a ten-point plan to combat repeated offences against communities and store workers.
Brand - who was 47 at the time - also brought an end to the career of his 'smart and talented' wife who had two masters degrees and dreamed of pursuing a job in psychology or criminology.
But heightened law enforcement presence can be a double-edged sword, said Alex Piquero, a criminology professor at the University of Miami and the former director of the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics.
Criminology professor Jo Phoenix said by removing the legislation the Government was ignoring universities' failures to tackle bullying and harassment.
Common combinations with criminology
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of criminology 13×
- in criminology 12×
- criminology and 11×
- criminology at 9×
- and criminology 8×
- criminology student 5×
- the criminology 3×
- criminology professor 3×
- psychology criminology 3×
- criminology degree 2×