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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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forensic psychiatry
Sociology; Criminology
That branch of psychiatry having to do with the study of crime and criminality.
civil law
Sociology; Criminology
That body of laws which regulates arrangements between individuals, such as contracts and claims to property.
criminal law
Sociology; Criminology
That body of law which regulates those actions which have the potential to harm interests of the state or the federal government.
correctional psychology
Sociology; Criminology
That aspect of forensic psychology which is concerned with the diagnosis and classification of offenders, the treatment of correctional populations, and the rehabilitation of ...
illegitimate opportunity structures
Sociology; Criminology
Subcultural pathways to success which are disapproved of by the wider society.
tests of significance
Sociology; Criminology
Statistical techniques intended to provide researchers with confidence that their results are in fact true, and not the result of sampling error.
inferential statistics
Sociology; Criminology
Specify how likely findings are to be true for other populations, or in other locales.
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- Criminology (12833)
- General sociology (15778)
- Racism (919)
- Social sciences standardization (117)