Criminology (from Latin crimen, "accusation", and Ancient Greek -λογία, -logia, from λόγος logos meaning: "word, reason") is the interdisciplinary study...

Biosocial criminology is an interdisciplinary field that aims to explain crime and antisocial behavior by exploring biocultural factors. While contemporary...

Lombroso and led by two others: Enrico Ferri and Raffaele Garofalo. In criminology, it has attempted to find scientific objectivity for the measurement...

Critical criminology applies critical theory to criminology. Critical criminology examines the genesis of crime and the nature of justice in relation to...

Environmental criminology focuses on criminal patterns within particular built environments and analyzes the impacts of these external variables on people's...

Retrieved 14 July 2020. Weitzer, Ronald (2003). Current Controversies in Criminology. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education Press. p. 150. Mann...

Green criminology is a branch of criminology that involves the study of harms and crimes against the environment broadly conceived, including the study...

Radical criminology states that society "functions" in terms of the general interests of the ruling class rather than "society as a whole" and that while...

An angel of mercy or angel of death is a type of criminal offender (often a type of serial killer) who is usually employed as a medical practitioner or...

A crime boss, also known as a crime lord, mafia don, gang lord, gang boss, mob boss, kingpin, godfather, crime mentor or criminal mastermind, is the leader...