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The philosophical perspective that certain immutable laws are fundamental to human nature and can be readily ascertained through reason. Man-made laws, in contrast, are said to derive from human experience and history–both of which are subject to continual change.
Industry:Sociology
The percentage of convicted offenders who have been released from prison and who are later rearrested for a new crime, generally within five years following release.
Industry:Sociology
The pattern of social organization and the interrelationships between institutions characteristic of a society.
Industry:Sociology
The notion that social events are differently interpreted according to the cultural experiences and personal interests of the initiator, the observer, or the recipient of that behavior.
Industry:Sociology
The notion that criminal offenders deserve the punishment they receive at the hands of the law, and that punishments should be appropriate to the type and severity of crime committed.
Industry:Sociology
The causing of the death of another person without legal justification or excuse. Also, the illegal killing of one human being by another.
Industry:Sociology
The moral aspect of the personality; much like the conscience. More formally, the division of the psyche that develops by the incorporation of the perceived moral standards of the community, is mainly unconscious, and includes the conscience.
Industry:Sociology
The logic and structure inherent in an approach to data-gathering.
Industry:Sociology
The likelihood that a given individual will later harm society or others. Dangerousness is often measured in terms of recidivism, or as the likelihood of additional crime commission within a five year period following arrest or release from confinement.
Industry:Sociology
The lifelong process of social experience whereby individuals acquire the cultural patterns of their society.
Industry:Sociology
