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The lifelong process of social experience whereby individuals acquire the cultural patterns of their society.
Industry:Sociology
Those derived from the behavioral sciences and which focus on the individual as the unit of analysis. Psychological theories place the locus of crime causation within the personality of the individual offender.
Industry:Sociology
The various agencies of "justice," especially police, courts, and corrections, whose goal it is to apprehend, convict, punish, and rehabilitate law violators.
Industry:Sociology
The use of standardized, systematic procedures in the search for knowledge.
Industry:Sociology
Refers to problems in living which tend to follow from initial victimization.
Industry:Sociology
Refers to problems in living which tend to follow from initial victimization.
Industry:Sociology
The unlawful attack by one person upon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. See also simple assault.
Industry:Sociology
The systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior.
Industry:Sociology
The study of the shape of the head to determine anatomical correlates of human behavior.
Industry:Sociology
