criminology

study of the causes and manifestations of crime
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Summary

criminology is a field of study[1]. criminology draws 4,769 Wikipedia views per month (field of study category, ranking #46 of 379).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: academic discipline[3], field of study[4], academic major[5]
  • Subclass of: social science[6]
  • Commons category: Criminology[7]
  • Has part(s): rural criminology[8], public criminology[9], biosocial criminology[10]
  • Inception: 1900[11]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Criminology[12]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[15], Meyer’s Universum, Sechster Band[16]
  • Topic has template: Q22833278[17], Template:Crimin[18]
  • Different from: criminalistics[19]
  • Is the study of: crime[20], deviance[21]
  • Practiced by: criminologist[22]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23]

Why It Matters

criminology has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] criminology is known by 59 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

criminology has been cited as an influence by Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde[26], a literary work[27], founded in 1885[28], written by Robert Louis Stevenson[29].

FAQs

Who did criminology influence?

criminology has been cited as an influence by Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde[26].

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX526702
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0): XX526702"
  2. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → criminology
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: criminology, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289923906|criminology (#289923906)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  3. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2IxSl5
    Instance of → field of study, academic discipline, field of study +1
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  4. 16w ago · Haymillefolium · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → field of study, academic discipline, field of study +1
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: pseudoscience"
  5. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0000038-kriminologie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0000038-kriminologie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  6. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 107518
    Topic has template → Q22833278, Template:Crimin
    Instance of → field of study, academic discipline, field of study +1
    Has parts → —
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 8842, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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