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The scientific study of the relationship between human physical characteristics and criminality.
Industry:Sociology
The scientific study of crime, the criminal law, and components of the criminal justice system, including the police, courts, and corrections.
Industry:Sociology
The rights which, according to natural law theorists, individuals retain in the face of government action and interests.
Industry:Sociology
The reduction in criminal opportunity, generally through the use of physical barriers, architectural design, and enhanced security measures, of a particular location.
Industry:Sociology
The reality-testing part of the personality; also referred to as the reality principle. More formally, the personality component that is conscious, most immediately controls behavior, and is most in touch with external reality.
Industry:Sociology
The rather intangible link between individuals and the society of which they are a part. The social bond is created through the process of socialization.
Industry:Sociology
The range of mechanisms that combine to bring an environment under the control of its residents.
Industry:Sociology
The psychological process whereby one aspect of consciousness comes to be symbolically substituted for another.
Industry:Sociology
