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A written document which describes the losses, suffering, and trauma experienced by the crime victim or by the victim's survivors. In jurisdictions where victim impact statements are used, judges are expected to consider them in arriving at an appropriate sentence for the offender.
Industry:Sociology
A violation of a criminal statute either by a corporate entity or by its executives, employees, or agents acting on behalf of and for the benefit of the corporation, partnership, or other form of business entity.
Industry:Sociology
A viewpoint which holds that individuals are fundamentally responsible for their own behavior, and which maintains that they choose crime over other, more law-abiding, courses of action.
Industry:Sociology
A test of scientific acceptability applicable to the gathering of evidence in criminal cases.
Industry:Sociology
A term which encompasses all the efforts a particular interest group makes to have its sense of propriety enacted into law.
Industry:Sociology
A term which describes the relationship between victim and criminal. Also, the two individuals most involved in the criminal act–the offender and the victim.
Industry:Sociology
A term used by the drug enforcement administration (dea) to refer to "broad categories or classes of controlled substances other than cocaine, opiates, and cannabis products. " amphetamines, methamphetamines, pcp (phencyclidine), lsd, methcathinone, and "designer drugs" are all considered "dangerous drugs. "
Industry:Sociology
A term developed by ernst kretschmer to describe a particular relationship between body build and personality type. The cycloid personality, which was associated with a heavy-set, soft type of body, was said to vacillate between normality and abnormality.
Industry:Sociology
