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Criminology
The scientific study of the nature and causes of crime, the behavior of criminals, and the criminal-justice system.
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Informed consent
Sociology; Criminology
An ethical requirement of social scientific research which specifies that research subjects will be informed as to the nature of the research about to be conducted, their anticipated role in it, and ...
Realist criminology
Sociology; Criminology
An emerging perspective which insists upon a pragmatic assessment of crime and associated problems.
Environmental criminology
Sociology; Criminology
An emerging perspective which emphasises the importance of geographic location and architectural features as they are associated with the prevalence of criminal victimization. (note: as the term has ...
Code of Hammurabi
Sociology; Criminology
An early set of laws established by the Babylonian king Hammurabi around the year 2000 b. C.
Simple assault
Sociology; Criminology
An attack without a weapon resulting either in minor injury or in undetermined injury requiring less than two days of hospitalization.
Behaviour theory
Sociology; Criminology
An approach to understanding human activity which holds that behaviour is determined by consequences it produces for the individual.
Evolutionary ecology
Sociology; Criminology
An approach to understanding crime that draws attention to the ways people develop over the course of their lives.
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