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Pearson Prentice Hall
Industry: Printing & publishing
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A standard for judging legal insanity which requires that a person lack "the mental capacity needed to understand the wrongfulness of his act, or to conform his behavior to the requirements of the law. "
Industry:Sociology
The use of biological residue found at the scene of a crime for genetic comparisons in aiding the identification of criminal suspects.
Industry:Sociology
The use of biological residue found at the scene of a crime for genetic comparisons in aiding the identification of criminal suspects.
Industry:Sociology
Violations of the criminal law which, although typically committed by businesses or by business officials, may also be committed by other persons or organizational entities, and which damage some protected or otherwise significant aspect of the natural environment.
Industry:Sociology
The study of the characteristics of population groups (demographics the characteristics of such groups usually expressed in statistical fashion).
Industry:Sociology
The study of social epidemics and diseases of the social order.
Industry:Sociology
The study of pathological mental conditions, that is, mental illness.
Industry:Sociology
The study of likely futures as they impinge on crime and its control.
Industry:Sociology
The study of hereditary improvement by genetic control.
Industry:Sociology
The study of crime as a social phenomenon that is created through a process of social interaction.
Industry:Sociology