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The primary male sex hormone, produced in the testes and functioning to control secondary sex characteristics and sexual drive.
Industry:Sociology
The prevention of crime. See also general deterrence and specific deterrence.
Industry:Sociology
The political handling of crime, or a criminology-based social policy.
Industry:Sociology
The philosophical perspective that certain immutable laws are fundamental to human nature and can be readily ascertained through reason. Man-made laws, in contrast, are said to derive from human experience and history–both of which are subject to continual change.
Industry:Sociology
The percentage of convicted offenders who have been released from prison and who are later rearrested for a new crime, generally within five years following release.
Industry:Sociology
The pattern of social organization and the interrelationships between institutions characteristic of a society.
Industry:Sociology
The notion that social events are differently interpreted according to the cultural experiences and personal interests of the initiator, the observer, or the recipient of that behavior.
Industry:Sociology
The notion that criminal offenders deserve the punishment they receive at the hands of the law, and that punishments should be appropriate to the type and severity of crime committed.
Industry:Sociology
The causing of the death of another person without legal justification or excuse. Also, the illegal killing of one human being by another.
Industry:Sociology
