The origination, development, or evolutionary process of crime or criminal behavior in society or individuals.
From crimin- (from Latin 'crimen') + -genesis (from Greek 'genesis' meaning 'origin, creation'). A term from criminology and sociology developed in the 20th century.
Criminogenesis is the story of how crime is born—from individual decisions to social conditions to economic desperation—it's criminology's way of asking 'how does crime actually start?'
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