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Criminology
The scientific study of the nature and causes of crime, the behavior of criminals, and the criminal-justice system.
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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 inmates and other law ...
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.
