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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
An analytical perspective on social organization which holds that conflict is a fundamental aspect of social life itself and can never be fully resolved.
Industry:Sociology
An analytical approach to social organization which holds that a multiplicity of values and beliefs exist in any complex society, but that most social actors agree on the usefulness of law as a formal means of dispute resolution.
Industry:Sociology
A technique which assesses the risks and opportunities facing those who plan for the future.
Industry:Sociology
An analytical perspective on social organization which holds that most members of society agree as to what is right and what is wrong, and that the various elements of society work together in unison toward a common and shared vision of the greater good.
Industry:Sociology
An approach to crime control which focuses on effective ways for developing a shared consensus on critical issues which have the potential to seriously affect the quality of life.
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
A criminological perspective operative in the late 1700s and early 1800s which had its roots in the enlightenment, and which held that men and women are rational beings, that crime is the result of the exercise of free will, and that punishment can be effective in reducing the incidence of crime since it negates the pleasure to be derived from crime commission.
Industry:Sociology
A developing intellectual approach which emphasizes gender issues in the subject matter of criminology.
Industry:Sociology
A form of mental illness in which sufferers are said to be out of touch with reality.
Industry:Sociology