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

individual rights advocates

Sociology; Criminology

Those who seek to protect personal freedoms in the face of criminal prosecution.

constitutional theories

Sociology; Criminology

Those which explain criminality by reference to offenders’ body types, inheritance, genetics, and/or external observable physical characteristics.

controlled experiments

Sociology; Criminology

Those which attempt to hold conditions (other than the intentionally introduced experimental intervention) constant.

psychoactive substances

Sociology; Criminology

Those which affect the mind, mental processes, or emotions.

federal interest computers

Sociology; Criminology

Those that are the property of the federal government, those that belong to financial institutions, or are accessed across state lines without authorization.

psychiatric theories

Sociology; Criminology

Those derived from the medical sciences, including neurology, and which, like other psychological theories, focus on the individual as the unit of analysis.

psychological theories

Sociology; Criminology

Those derived from the behavioral sciences and which focus on the individual as the unit of analysis. Psychological theories place the locus of crime causation within the personality of the ...