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Or asocial personality, refers to individuals who are basically unsocialized and whose behavior pattern brings them repeatedly into conflict with society.
Industry:Sociology
One who is trained in the field of criminology. Also, one who studies crime, criminals, and criminal behavior.
Industry:Sociology
One which attempts to explain all (or at least most) forms of criminal conduct through a single, overarching approach.
Industry:Sociology
Of criminology maintain that the basic determinants of human behavior, including criminality, are constitutionally or physiologically based and often inherited.
Industry:Sociology
New substances designed by slightly altering the chemical makeup of other illegal or tightly controlled drugs.
Industry:Sociology
New evaluations of existing information which has already been collected by other researchers.
Industry:Sociology
Mentally ill individuals who suffer from disjointed thinking and, possibly, delusions and hallucinations.
Industry:Sociology
Like labeling, the process whereby an individual is negatively defined by agencies of justice.
Industry:Sociology
Laws intended to keep repeat criminal offenders behind bars. These laws sometimes come under the rubric of "three strikes and you're out. "
Industry:Sociology
