criminologist

criminologist definition - legal

n

One who studies the biological and sociological causes and consequences of crime and criminal behavior (such as the effects of mental defects and social environment). See also criminalist.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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