criminogenic

Also crim·o·gen·ic

[krim-uh-nuh-jen-ik]

adjective

1. producing or tending to produce crime or criminals.

   a criminogenic environment.

criminogenic

/ ˌkrɪmɪnəˈdʒɛnɪk /

adjective

1. causing or promoting crime

Word History and Origins

Origin of criminogenic¹

crimin(al) + -o- + -genic

Example Sentences

Both studies carefully ensured they were comparing apples to apples — the only difference between the studied groups was the length of their exposure to a jail, causing researchers to conclude that jail itself is “criminogenic.”

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For all these reasons, studies have shown that contact with the justice system and even short terms of incarceration are criminogenic.

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From a criminogenic framework these policies are catalysts for crime, and often counterproductive to their alleged goals.

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That will not last long as the movement is much bigger than any one person; American neofascism and the type of criminogenic politics it encouraged and was born of did not take come into being over the course of less than a decade, such elements where present long before the Age of Trump.

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In a recent edition of her newsletter, historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat explained the intersections between Trumpism, criminogenic politics, corruption, fascism and autocracy in the following way:

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