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A sociological approach which posits a disjuncture between socially and subculturally sanctioned means and goals as the cause of criminal behavior.
Industry:Sociology
A term which encompasses all the efforts a particular interest group makes to have its sense of propriety enacted into law.
Industry:Sociology
A term which describes the relationship between victim and criminal. Also, the two individuals most involved in the criminal act–the offender and the victim.
Industry:Sociology
A term used by the drug enforcement administration (dea) to refer to "broad categories or classes of controlled substances other than cocaine, opiates, and cannabis products. " amphetamines, methamphetamines, pcp (phencyclidine), lsd, methcathinone, and "designer drugs" are all considered "dangerous drugs. "
Industry:Sociology
A term developed by ernst kretschmer to describe a particular relationship between body build and personality type. The cycloid personality, which was associated with a heavy-set, soft type of body, was said to vacillate between normality and abnormality.
Industry:Sociology
A term used by cesare lombroso to describe occasional criminals who were pulled into criminality primarily by environmental influences.
Industry:Sociology
A technique which assesses the risks and opportunities facing those who plan for the future.
Industry:Sociology
A technique intended to predict future outcomes, and which builds upon environmental scanning by attempting to assess the likelihood of a variety of possible outcomes once important trends have been identified.
Industry:Sociology
A systematic effort to identify in an elemental way future developments (trends or events) that could plausibly occur over the time horizon of interest, and that might impact one’s area of concern.
Industry:Sociology
A summation of crime statistics tallied annually by the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) and consisting primarily of data on crimes reported to the police and of arrests.
Industry:Sociology
