The study of the causes or origins of behavior Positivist approaches to criminology are characterized by their interest in determining the etiology of criminal behavior
The etiology of a disease or a problem is the study of its causes. the etiology of psychiatric disorder. the cause of a disease or the scientific study of this (aetiologia, from aitia )
All of the factors that contribute to the cause of a disease or an abnormal condition
a doctrine and/or narrative account of first causes, particularly in the case of creation myths/stories that provide narrative accounts of the raison d'etre of all that is See also Teleology