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The contributory background of a victim as a result of which he or she becomes prone to victimization.
Industry:Sociology
The continuing process whereby one immigrant or ethnic group succeeds another through assumption of a particular position in society.
Industry:Sociology
The computer-created matrix of virtual possibilities, including on-line services, wherein human beings interact with each other and with technology itself.
Industry:Sociology
The classification of human beings into types according to body build and other physical characteristics.
Industry:Sociology
The certainty that experimental interventions did indeed cause the changes observed in the study group; also the control over confounding factors which tend to invalidate the results of an experiment.
Industry:Sociology
The belief, first proposed by jeremy bentham, that behavior holds value to any individual undertaking it according to the amount of pleasure or pain that it can be expected to produce for that person.
Industry:Sociology
The belief that crime is a manifestation of underlying social problems, such as poverty, discrimination, pervasive family violence, inadequate socialization practices, and the breakdown of traditional social institutions.
Industry:Sociology
The basic facilities, services, and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society, such as transportation and communications systems, water and power lines, and public institutions including schools, post offices, and prisons.
Industry:Sociology
The authorized seizure of money, negotiable instruments, securities, or other things of value. In federal anti-drug laws: the authorization of judicial representatives to seize all moneys, negotiable instruments, securities, or other things of value furnished or intended to be furnished by any person in exchange for a controlled substance, and all proceeds traceable to such an exchange.
Industry:Sociology
The attempt to categorize, understand, and predict, the behavior of certain types of offenders based upon behavioral clues they provide.
Industry:Sociology
