Wilson--The Word Criminology
Who invented the word criminology?
The term criminology was first coined by the Italian law professor Raffaele Garofalo in 1885 (in Italian, criminologia).
In 1887, French anthropologist Paul Topinard used it for the first time in French (criminologie).
What is etymology of the word criminology?
The term 'criminology' comes from both the Latin word “crimen,” which means accusation, and the translated Greek term 'logia', which is used to describe the study of a particular concept or subject.
Furthermore, criminology is considered a branch of sociology.
It draws on aspects of psychology and anthropology.
Who is called the father of criminology?
Cesare Lombroso: Father of Modern Criminology.
- Thus, literally, criminology is the science of crime, or rather criminology studies all aspects of crime.
The word “criminology” was first used by French anthropologist Paul Topinard (1830-1911) who researched the physical anthropology approach to find a correlation of how body shape influences someone to commit crime.
13 août 2019 · Abstract: This essay looks into the past of criminology as a way to think about its future. I take a philological approach to the word Autres questions