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Criminologist

Criminology \Crim`i*nol"o*gy\ (-n?l"?-j?), n. [L. crimen, crimenis, crime + -logy.]

  1. A treatise on crime or the criminal population.

  2. The branch of sociology which studies crime and criminals. [PJC] -- Crim`i*nol"o*gist (-j?st), n.

Wiktionary
criminologist

n. A person who is skilled in, or practices criminology

WordNet
criminologist

n. a specialist in criminology

Usage examples of "criminologist".

From a stoic swamp Yankee to a reserved federal agent to a brash aspiring criminologist, who obviously knew her own mind.

In the apartment of the German criminologist, Doctor Heinrich Zerndorff, Inspector Burke and Joe Cardona were discussing the murders of the night before.

Clad in his dressing gown and reclining in his easy-chair, the great criminologist was enjoying the greatest triumph of his long career in behalf of justice.

He glanced at the criminologist and noted that Zerndorff was eyeing him curiously.

In his apartment, the criminologist stared in amazement at his visitor.

To a criminologist such as Caleb Myland, they represented definite types.

The criminologist had been a close listener to all that had been said.

This was where Caleb Myland, criminologist, was to hold another conference with Police Commissioner Ralph Weston.

Without awaiting bidding, the criminologist removed stacks of bank-notes and placed them on the table.

Soon after the law school rampage, criminologist and scholar John Lott ran a LexisNexis search on the story and came up with this: Only 4 of 208 news reports that he found mentioned that the rescuers had guns.

Gary Kleck, a criminologist at Florida State University, found that Americans use guns defensively 2.

Fido, distinguished and prolific author, scholar, criminologist, and now good friend, for his extraordinary contributions to the Jack the Ripper case and our understanding of it, as well as his general good counsel.

Ormand, himself a criminologist, had recognized the fact that Agent X deserved notoriety of another sort than the type city police records gave him.

ARTHUR HAILEY Following the recap was an interview with the criminologist, Ralph Salerno.

With the aid of a French criminologist who dabbled in phrenology, she selected from the prisons of the great Russian cities women who had been found guilty of killing their husbands and whose bumps indicated the possibility of salvation.