For the academic journal, see Criminology (journal). For the Raekwon song, see Criminology (song).

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Three women in the pillory, China, 1875

Criminology (from Latin crīmen, "accusation" originally derived from the Ancient Greek verb "krino" "κρίνω",
and Ancient Greek -λογία, -logy|-logia, from "logos" meaning: “word,” “reason,” or “plan”) is the scientific study
of the nature, extent, management, causes, control, consequences, and prevention of criminal behavior, both
on the individual and social levels. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in both the behavioral and social
sciences, drawing especially upon the research
of sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, psychiatrists, biologists, social anthropologists, as well as scholars
of law.
The term criminology was coined in 1885 by Italian law professor Raffaele Garofalo as criminologia. Later,
French anthropologist Paul Topinard used the analogous French term criminologie.[1]