CONCEPTION OF CRIMINOLOGY CONCEPTION OF CRIMINOLOGY 6 6 Running Head : CONCEPTION OF CRIMINOLOGY CONCEPTION OF CRIMINOLOGY Name of the student Name of the university Author note The criminologist is the research of the enforcement of legislation and system of criminal justice. The term criminology is derivative from the Latin term crimen that implies accusation in addition to those greek logia that is transliterated has come to signify the study; thus, the literal meaning of the term