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Criminology is the scientific study of crime and of people who break the law. It asks why crime happens, who is drawn into it, how a society answers it, and whether prisons and police really help.
Criminology is the scientific study of crime and of people who break the lawCriminology是對犯罪、以及犯法者所做的科學研究 It asks why crime happens它探討犯罪為什麼會發生 who is drawn into it什麼人會被捲入其中 how a society answers it社會要如何應對 and whether prisons and police really help以及監獄和警察是否真的有幫助
It sits close to sociology, psychology, and law, but it is its own university subject. It is a formal, academic word — you study it; you do not use it much in everyday chat.
It sits close to sociology, psychology, and law它跟社會學、心理學、法律很接近 but it is its own university subject但它是一門獨立的大學學科 It is a formal, academic word這是一個正式的學術用字 you study it你會去study(研讀)它 you do not use it much in everyday chat但不太會在日常閒聊裡用到
A person who works in this field is a . Though actually, criminology is wider than “how to catch a criminal.” Police training can be part of the picture, but a lot of the subject is about society, power, and patterns, not about one case.
A person who works in this field is a criminologist在這個領域工作的人叫做a criminologist(犯罪學家) Though actually不過,其實 criminology is wider than "how to catch a criminal."criminology比「如何抓犯人」還要廣得多 Police training can be part of the picture警察訓練可以是其中的一部分 but a lot of the subject is about society, power, and patterns但這門學科有很大一部分是關於社會、權力和模式 not about one case而不是單一的案件
組成From criminal + -logy. -logy comes from Greek logos, “word” or “study,” and in English it means “the study of.” So: the study of crime and criminals.
同家族的字
- criminologistthe person who studies this subject
- criminalthe first building piece
- biologysame -logy piece, meaning “the study of”
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
criminologynoun
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The study of crime and criminals, especially their behaviour.
- Criminology will help you understand the motivations of lawbreakers.
- "So that then begins a sort of rethinking of my idea of criminology," Weisburd said. "Like most other people, my studies were about people. I said, maybe we ought to be more concerned with places."
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。