criminologist
Americannoun
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"Punitive proposals like these are not effective against organized or transnational crime," said criminologist Erika Solis of the Catholic University of Peru.
From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026
“There is a sense that the worst period of Venezuelan crime is a thing of the past,” said criminologist Luis Izquiel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
Romanian criminologist Vlad Zaha told BBC News that there was little-to-no chance of the US extraditing Jibril, and described the sentence as "unusually harsh".
From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025
Ilene Louie, a criminologist for the Sheriff’s Department, testified that investigators collected and tested DNA and multiple blood samples that were found inside and just outside of Leeds’ SUV.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025
The criminologist James Alan Fox explained that his warning of a “bloodbath” was in fact an intentional overstatement.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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