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A relatively informal type of criminal justice case processing which makes use of local community resources rather than requiring traditional forms of official intervention.
Industry:Sociology
A psychological principle which holds that the frequency of any behavior can be increased or decreased through reward, punishment, and/or association with other stimuli.
Industry:Sociology
A psychological perspective that says people learn how to behave by modeling themselves after others whom they have the opportunity to observe.
Industry:Sociology
A perspective which predicts that when social constraints on antisocial behavior are weakened or absent, delinquent behavior emerges. Rather than stressing causative factors in criminal behavior, control theory asks why people actually obey rules instead of breaking them.
Industry:Sociology
A perspective which holds that the causes of crime are rooted in social conditions which empower the wealthy and the politically well organized, but disenfranchise those less fortunate. Also called marxist or critical criminology.
Industry:Sociology
A perspective which holds that crime-control agencies and the citizens they serve should work together to alleviate social problems and human suffering and thus reduce crime.
Industry:Sociology
A perspective on crime causation which holds that physical deterioration in an area leads to increased concerns for personal safety among area residents, and to higher crime rates in that area.
Industry:Sociology
A person who views and uses computers as objects for exploration and exploitation.
Industry:Sociology
A person with a personality disorder, especially one manifested in aggressively antisocial behavior, which is often said to be the result of a poorly developed superego.
Industry:Sociology
A person who uses switched, dialed-access telephone services as objects for exploration and exploitation
Industry:Sociology
