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Sociology

The study of societies and how they are shaped by people. It also concerns itself with how society affects the behavior of the individuals that are part of them.

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statutory law

Sociology; Criminology

Law in the form of statutes or formal written strictures, made by a legislature or governing body with the power to make law.

victim-precipitated homicides

Sociology; Criminology

Killings in which the "victim" was the first to commence the interaction or was the first to resort to physical violence.

psychoanalytic criminology

Sociology; Criminology

Is a psychiatric approach developed by the austrian psychiatrist sigmund freud which emphasizes the role of personality in human behavior, and which sees deviant behavior as the ...

primary deviance

Sociology; Criminology

Initial deviance often undertaken to deal with transient problems in living.

discrediting information

Sociology; Criminology

Information which is inconsistent with the managed impressions being communicated in a given situation.

born criminals

Sociology; Criminology

Individuals who are born with a genetic predilection toward criminality.

trafficking

Sociology; Criminology

Includes manufacturing, distributing, dispensing, importing, and exporting (or possession with intent to do the same) a controlled substance or a counterfeit substance.