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The various agencies of "justice," especially police, courts, and corrections, whose goal it is to apprehend, convict, punish, and rehabilitate law violators.
Industry:Sociology
The use of standardized, systematic procedures in the search for knowledge.
Industry:Sociology
The use of imprisonment or other means to reduce the likelihood that an offender will be capable of committing future offenses.
Industry:Sociology
Refers to problems in living which tend to follow from initial victimization.
Industry:Sociology
Refers to problems in living which tend to follow from initial victimization.
Industry:Sociology
The theory of human psychology founded by freud on the concepts of the unconscious, resistance, repression, sexuality, and the oedipus complex.
Industry:Sociology
The theft or attempted theft of a motor vehicle. This offense category includes the stealing of automobiles, trucks, buses, motorcycles, motorscooters, snowmobiles, and so on.
Industry:Sociology
The theft of money resulting from intentional manipulation of the value of equities, including stocks and bonds. Securities fraud may also include theft from securities accounts and wire fraud.
Industry:Sociology
The study of the shape of the head to determine anatomical correlates of human behavior.
Industry:Sociology
The unlawful taking or attempted taking of property that is in the immediate possession of another by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
Industry:Sociology
