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criminology (s) (noun), criminologies (pl)
1. The study of illegal acts for which anyone can be punished by a government; usually, after a judicial judgement has been made: "The law students were assigned by the professor of criminology to do research to determine if the punishment of certain convicted criminals was adequate or too excessive."
2. Research and understanding of the various aspects of dishonest activities by people and a better comprehension of law enforcement techniques: "Criminology involves multitudes of researches into social environments, kinds of investigations, detections, apprehensions, preventions, resulting punishments for criminal behaviors, etc."
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