How to Use criminology in a Sentence
criminology
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One wants to teach, and the other wants to study criminology.
— Eugene Scott, Washington Post, 23 May 2018 -
But look at the evidence, Alain Bauer, a professor of criminology, told The Times.
— Harriet Marsden, theweek, 26 Apr. 2024 -
At Fresno State, the same was true in some math, chemistry, criminology and music courses.
— Larry Gordon Edsource, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021 -
The increase was due to a number of factors, criminology experts told CNN.
— Amir Vera, CNN, 1 Jan. 2021 -
There aren’t many startup founders with a degree in criminology.
— Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2023 -
In 1884, the science of criminology had not yet been invented.
— Skip Hollandsworth, Esquire, 5 Apr. 2016 -
Cole Lalli is a sophomore from Coventry who plays pitcher on the baseball team and majors in criminology.
— courant.com, 4 June 2021 -
Robinson said his desire for a future in criminology sealed his choice.
— Jim Paulsen, Star Tribune, 15 Dec. 2020 -
Michael Kempa, a criminology professor at the University of Ottawa, said there are two faces of the protest.
— Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 14 Feb. 2022 -
As a basketball scholar and criminology student, Truth is busy both on and off the internet.
— Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 21 Jan. 2022 -
But the image of Moore as a reasonable scholar of criminology is far from accurate.
— Jessica Pishko, Slate Magazine, 13 Apr. 2017 -
Both men received degrees in August – Cothran in criminology and Cothren in recreation, parks, and tourism management.
— Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 25 Oct. 2017 -
The Madison LaFollette graduate would have been a junior and was on track to graduate in the spring of 2024 as a psychology major with a minor in criminology.
— Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2023 -
Yet for all football did for Alston — including help him gain a degree in criminology — parts of his life at West Virginia were difficult.
— Ben Strauss, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2017 -
Kohberger enrolled at the school as a Ph.D. student in criminology and also worked as a teaching assistant there.
— CBS News, 5 Jan. 2023 -
Another group of more than 20 forensic, criminology, and data researchers hope to narrow the margins to a single culprit.
— National Geographic, 2 Aug. 2019 -
Jackson plans to earn a master’s degree in criminology at Oxford.
— Eric Stirgus, ajc, 18 Nov. 2017 -
Angie wants to become a lawyer, and plans to major in criminology as an undergraduate, before law school.
— Mohammed Damtew, oregonlive, 23 July 2023 -
Craig Pallardy received a bachelor’s of arts in criminology and law studies.
— Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 29 June 2018 -
Sloman, who had a master’s degree in deviance and criminology from the University of Wisconsin, had begun his time on the tour reporting for Rolling Stone.
— Robert Greenfield, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Apr. 2023 -
Gun advocacy groups and criminology experts have pointed to the uncertainty of the pandemic as a key driver for firearm sales.
— Priya Krishnakumar, CNN, 30 Jan. 2022 -
Virtually no one in criminology disputes the age-crime curve.
— German Lopez, Vox, 20 June 2019 -
One of the great questions in criminology is why European societies have become less murderous through time.
— Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024 -
Taylor, the criminology professor, was once a police officer in Portland, Oregon, where sometimes violent protests have raged in a small section of the city in recent weeks.
— John Bacon, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2020 -
The Washington State University criminology student is being charged with four counts of first-degree murder and one count of burglary.
— Solcyre Burga, Time, 12 Jan. 2023 -
Arthur Conan Doyle transcribed criminology theories in his, and then gave Sherlock Holmes his own commonplace book, filled with intel on up-and-coming forgers.
— New York Times, 22 Mar. 2022 -
There was his associate’s degree in criminology, his police badge and a picture of him posing with his wife in front of a little red Mustang at their three-bedroom house, just before things began to unravel.
— Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2022 -
Kohberger, at the time, was a criminology graduate student at WSU.
— Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 12 Jan. 2023 -
Kohberger had been at the university since August, studying to get his Ph.D. in criminology.
— Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 7 Jan. 2023 -
These lay ambassadors knew intuitively what experts in criminology and psychology understand far too well: The torture of an animal, whether by fire setting, beating, mutilation or other means, is a violent crime.
— Caroline A. Griffin, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2024
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