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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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phrenology
Sociology; Criminology
The study of the shape of the head to determine anatomical correlates of human behavior.
constitutive criminology
Sociology; Criminology
The study of the process by which human beings create an ideology of crime that sustains it (the notion of crime) as a concrete reality.
phenomenology
Sociology; Criminology
The study of the contents of human consciousness without regard to external conventions nor prior assumptions.
demography
Sociology; Criminology
The study of the characteristics of population groups (demographics the characteristics of such groups usually expressed in statistical fashion).
social epidemiology
Sociology; Criminology
The study of social epidemics and diseases of the social order.
psychopathology
Sociology; Criminology
The study of pathological mental conditions, that is, mental illness.
future criminology
Sociology; Criminology
The study of likely futures as they impinge on crime and its control.
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- Criminology (12833)
- General sociology (15778)
- Racism (919)
- Social sciences standardization (117)