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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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realist criminology
Sociology; Criminology
An emerging perspective which insists upon a pragmatic assessment of crime and associated problems.
environmental criminology
Sociology; Criminology
An emerging perspective which emphasizes the importance of geographic location and architectural features as they are associated with the prevalence of criminal victimization. ...
Code of Hammurabi
Sociology; Criminology
An early set of laws established by the Babylonian king Hammurabi around the year 2000 b. C.
simple assault
Sociology; Criminology
An attack without a weapon resulting either in minor injury or in undetermined injury requiring less than two days of hospitalization.
behavior theory
Sociology; Criminology
An approach to understanding human activity which holds that behavior is determined by consequences it produces for the individual.
evolutionary ecology
Sociology; Criminology
An approach to understanding crime that draws attention to the ways people develop over the course of their lives.
social ecology
Sociology; Criminology
An approach to criminological theorizing that attempts to link the structure and organization of human community to interactions with its localized environment.
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