Criminology

Criminology

The scientific study of the nature and causes of crime, the behavior of criminals, and the criminal-justice system.

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Criminology

statistical school

Sociology; Criminology

A criminological perspective with roots in the early 1800s which seeks to uncover correlations between crime rates and other types of demographic data.

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 ...

misdemeanor

Sociology; Criminology

A criminal offense which is less serious than a felony. One punishable by incarceration, usually in a local confinement facility, typically for a year or less.

restitution

Sociology; Criminology

A criminal sanction, in particular the payment of compensation by the offender to the victim.

protection/avoidance strategy

Sociology; Criminology

A crime control strategy which attempts to reduce criminal opportunities by changing people's routine activities, increasing guardianship, or by incapacitating convicted offenders.

nurturant strategy

Sociology; Criminology

A crime control strategy which attempts "to forestall development of criminality by improving early life experiences and channeling child and adolescent development" into desirable directions.

deterrence strategy

Sociology; Criminology

A crime control strategy which attempts "to diminish motivation for crime by increasing the perceived certainty, severity, or celerity of penalties. "