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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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victimogenesis
Sociology; Criminology
The contributory background of a victim as a result of which he or she becomes prone to victimization.
ethnic succession
Sociology; Criminology
The continuing process whereby one immigrant or ethnic group succeeds another through assumption of a particular position in society.
cyberspace
Sociology; Criminology
The computer-created matrix of virtual possibilities, including on-line services, wherein human beings interact with each other and with technology itself.
somatotyping
Sociology; Criminology
The classification of human beings into types according to body build and other physical characteristics.
internal validity
Sociology; Criminology
The certainty that experimental interventions did indeed cause the changes observed in the study group; also the control over confounding factors which tend to invalidate the ...
hedonistic calculus or utilitarianism
Sociology; Criminology
The belief, first proposed by jeremy bentham, that behavior holds value to any individual undertaking it according to the amount of pleasure or pain that it can be expected to ...
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