Sentence examples for criminological from inspiring English sources

Criminology; criminological studies; criminology and criminal justice; applied criminology.

Norman: Given this has long been a key public policy issue, it is important for students to examine what constitutes "criminological knowledge" with a critical assessment of past, current and future directions of criminology.

And when it comes to the gulf between reality and fiction, Dr Knight knows what he is talking about: besides 43 years' experience of attending crime scenes, he has also written dozens of crime novels.The upshot of this is that a new phrase has entered the criminological lexicon: the "CSI effect" after shows such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation".

Yet the capital's murder rate has been one of the few criminological constants of the past two decades, having held steady at around 200 per year.The big growth area of recent years has been in young working-class men killing one another in provincial towns and cities.

Moreover, they say, the reform will lead to a rise in illicit cigarette smuggling.The liberal objection is sound, but the criminological one is not.

Although many of the ideas expressed were familiar, and Beccaria's indebtedness to such writers as the French philosopher Montesquieu (which he generously acknowledged) is clear, the work nevertheless represents a major advance in criminological thought.

The obvious advantage of this theory over many of its criminological predecessors is that it enables initiatives within the realm of criminal justice policy to effect change, rather than relying on social policy.

From a criminological perspective, the trade in illicit antiquities is unique for two reasons.

And break-ins of single-family houses, rising since 2006, increased by 32%, with every 76th house affected.The new factor, says Christian Pfeiffer, director of the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony in Hanover, is the eastward expansion of the European Union, with full rights of free movement.

But one of the most intriguing theories, and one with vast implications for America in particular, comes from Christian Pfeiffer, the director of the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony in Hanover.Mr Pfeiffer has found a correlation between declining rates of children being spanked (or otherwise punished physically) and subsequent decreases in violent crime.

The Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony said it would hire retired prosecutors and judges to supervise church workers as they examine personnel files for signs of abuse.