Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Criminology

The study of crime and criminals with special reference to the personality factors and social conditions leading toward, or away from crime.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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The study of crime and criminals with special reference to the personality factors and social conditions leading toward, or away from crime.

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12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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  1. I01w.198w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Criminology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003418. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003418
  2. Criminology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminology
  3. Criminology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161733