Criminology

Criminology (from Latin crimen, 'accusation', and Ancient Greek -λογία, -logia, from λόγος logos, 'word, reason') is the interdisciplinary study of crime and deviant behaviour. Criminology is a multidisciplinary field in both the behavioural and social sciences, which draws primarily upon the research of sociologists, political scientists, economists, legal sociologists, psychologists, philosophers, psychiatrists, social workers, biologists, social anthropologists, scholars of law and jurisprudence, as well as the processes that define administration of justice and the criminal justice system. The interests of criminologists include the study of the nature of crime and criminals, origins of criminal law, etiology of crime, social reaction to crime, and the functioning of law enforcement agencies and the penal institutions.

Extends: Criminology, [Academic disciplines](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Academic disciplines), [Behavioural sciences](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Behavioural sciences), [Social sciences](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Social sciences), [Criminal psychology](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Criminal psychology)