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A sociological perspective which emphasizes the contribution made by variously socialized cultural groups to the phenomenon of crime.
Industry:Sociology
A sociological perspective on crime which suggests that the root cause of criminality can be found in a clash of values between variously socialized groups over what is acceptable or proper behavior.
Industry:Sociology
A brand of rational choice theory which suggests that life-styles contribute significantly to both the volume and type of crime found in any society.
Industry:Sociology
A social science data-gathering technique which involves the use of questionnaires.
Industry:Sociology
A social policy approach that looks to develop greater understanding of crime and more effective crime prevention strategies through concern with the physical, organizational, and social environments that make crime possible.
Industry:Sociology
A set of computer instructions that propagates copies or versions of itself into computer programs or data when it is executed.
Industry:Sociology
A serious criminal offense; specifically one punishable by death or by incarceration in a prison facility for a year or more.
Industry:Sociology
A series of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately to control some class of events. A theory gains explanatory power from inherent logical consistency, and is "tested" by how well it describes and predicts reality.
Industry:Sociology
A sequential record of computer system activities that enables auditors to reconstruct, review, and examine the sequence of states and activities surrounding each event in one or more related transactions from inception to output of final results back to inception.
Industry:Sociology
A brand of rational choice theory which suggests that life-styles contribute significantly to both the volume and type of crime found in any society.
Industry:Sociology
