Criminology

Criminology

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

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Criminology

realist criminology

Sociology; Criminology

An emerging perspective which insists upon a pragmatic assessment of crime and associated problems.

An emerging perspective which emphasizes the importance of geographic location and architectural features as they are associated with the prevalence of criminal victimization. (note: as the term has ...

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.