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Functional disorders of the mind or of the emotions involving anxiety, phobia, or other abnormal behavior.
Industry:Sociology
Explain crime by reference to various aspects of the social fabric. They emphasize relationships between social institutions, and describe the types of behavior which tend to characterize groups of people as opposed to individuals.
Industry:Sociology
Emerging approaches which challenge existing criminological perspectives to debunk them, and which work toward replacing them with concepts more applicable to the postmodern era. Deconstructionist theories are generally postmodernist approaches, none of which have yet developed fully enough to actually deserve the name "theory. "
Industry:Sociology
Distinctions made between individuals on the basis of important defining social characteristics.
Industry:Sociology
Criminal homicide which involves the killing of several victims in three or more separate events.
Industry:Sociology
Carnal knowledge through the use of force or the threat of force, including attempts. Statutory rape (without force) is excluded. Both heterosexual and homosexual rape are included.
Industry:Sociology
An interdisciplinary profession built around the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior, including their form, causes, legal aspects and control.
Industry:Sociology
An approach to criminological theorizing that attempts to link the structure and organization of human community to interactions with its localized environment.
Industry:Sociology
Describe, summarize, or highlight the relationships within data which have been gathered.
Industry:Sociology
