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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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Motor vehicle theft
Sociology; Criminology
The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. This offence category includes the stealing of automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motorscooters, snowmobiles, and so on.
Securities fraud
Sociology; Criminology
The theft of money resulting from intentional manipulation of the value of equities, including stocks and bonds. Securities fraud may also include theft from securities accounts and wire fraud.
Sociobiology
Sociology; Criminology
The systematic study of the biological basis of all social behavior.
Victimology
Sociology; Criminology
The study of victims and their contributory role, if any, in crime causation.
Phrenology
Sociology; Criminology
The study of the shape of the head to determine anatomical correlates of human behavior.
Constitutive criminology
Sociology; Criminology
The study of the process by which human beings create an ideology of crime that sustains it (the notion of crime) as a concrete reality.
Phenomenology
Sociology; Criminology
The study of the contents of human consciousness without regard to external conventions nor prior assumptions.
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