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Criminology includes the study of all aspects of crime and law enforcement—criminal psychology, the social setting of crime, prohibition and prevention, investigation and detection, capture and punishment. Thus, many of the people involved—legislators, social workers, probation officers, judges, etc.—could possibly be considered criminologists, though the word usually refers only to scholars and researchers.
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Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2024
Here’s how Norstedt broke into tech and started earning six figures without a bachelor’s degree:
Starting out at $45,000
Norstedt left Penn State University in 2014 just two semesters shy of finishing her bachelor’s degree in criminology.
—Morgan Smith, CNBC, 31 July 2024
Jeffrey Lin, a criminology professor at the University of Denver, previously told Rolling Stone that the fascination with true crime often comes from a psychological pull to control things that feel out of control and to play into a heroic narrative that crime dramas have popularized.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2024
The suspect was pursuing a PhD in criminology at Washington State University, less than 10 miles away.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 June 2024
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“Criminology.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminology. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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