criminology

n. scientific study of crime and criminals

Criminology is the scientific study of crime as an individual and social phenomenon. Criminological research areas include the incidence and forms of crime as well as its causes and consequences. They also include social and governmental regulations and reactions to crime. Criminology is an interdisciplinary field in the behavioural sciences, drawing especially on the research of sociologists and psychologists, as well as on writings in law. In 1885, Italian law professor Raffaele Garofalo coined the term "criminology" (in Italian, criminologia). The French anthropologist Paul Topinard used it for the first time in French (criminologie) around the same time.
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Criminology, the study of crime, the people who commit crimes, and penal codes used to deter crime and punish criminals. [more]Criminology - Community and Resources

Noun
1. the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
(hypernym) sociology
(hyponym) penology, poenology

(n.)
A treatise on crime or the criminal population.