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<p>Criminology (from <a href="/facts/Latin/pM3Kge85">Latin</a> <i>crimen</i>, 'accusation', and <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek/LIK7NlUh">Ancient Greek</a> -λογία, <i>-logia</i>, from λόγος <i>logos</i>, 'word, reason') is the <a href="/facts/Interdisciplinarity/HP0uaNUs">interdisciplinary</a> study of <a href="/facts/Crime/BfoRzbL3">crime</a> and <a href="/facts/Deviance_(sociology)/LY4d0Ied">deviant behaviour</a>. Criminology is a multidisciplinary field in both the <a href="/facts/Behavioral_sciences/bSak3jfx">behavioural</a> and <a href="/facts/Social_science/hAbm1xtD">social sciences</a>, which draws primarily upon the research of <a href="/facts/Sociology/d2Fd0N87">sociologists</a>, <a href="/facts/Political_science/Gqy5EoRX">political scientists</a>, <a href="/facts/Economics/HYctA2Dn">economists</a>, <a href="/facts/Sociology_of_law/CSud4S9v">legal sociologists</a>, <a href="/facts/Psychologist/J4l4QdX2">psychologists</a>, <a href="/facts/Philosophy/zAH5PVD6">philosophers</a>, <a href="/facts/Psychiatry/uzS7vEo0">psychiatrists</a>, <a href="/facts/Social_work/u5mbNfYo">social workers</a>, <a href="/facts/Biologist/yJJGXyKR">biologists</a>, <a href="/facts/Social_anthropology/nl0lwHh8">social anthropologists</a>, scholars of <a href="/facts/Law/luzxWkg0">law</a> and <a href="/facts/Jurisprudence/wNTsXP4F">jurisprudence</a>, as well as the processes that define <a href="/facts/Administration_of_justice/TpTHrac5">administration of justice</a> and the <a href="/facts/Criminal_justice/7dJlkbS3">criminal justice</a> system. </p><p>The interests of criminologists include the study of the nature of crime and criminals, origins of <a href="/facts/Criminal_law/XXfgv9as">criminal law</a>, <a href="/facts/Etiology/Bz8MAeSq">etiology</a> of crime, social reaction to crime, and the functioning of law enforcement agencies and the penal institutions. It can be broadly said that criminology directs its inquiries along three lines: first, it investigates the nature of criminal law and its administration and conditions under which it develops; second, it analyzes the <a href="/facts/Causes_of_crime/sG9owbwI">causation of crime</a> and the personality of criminals; and third, it studies the control of crime and the rehabilitation of offenders. Thus, criminology includes within its scope the activities of legislative bodies, law-enforcement agencies, judicial institutions, correctional institutions and educational, private and public social agencies. </p>