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School Crime and Violence
Allison Payne
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2010-11-01
School Crime and Violence Introduction Although school-related deaths, violent victimizations in school, and overall school crime have declin...
Seasonality and Crime
Kristin Carbone-Lopez
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Seasonality and Crime Introduction There is a long history within criminology and related disciplines (such as psychology and psychiatry) of s...
Self-Control, The General Theory:
John Paul Wright
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
The General Theory: Self-Control Introduction The "General Theory" of self-control posited in Gottfredson and Hirschi 1990 (see General Ove...
Sentencing Guidelines
Brian D. Johnson
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Sentencing Guidelines Introduction Sentencing guidelines are formal sentencing recommendations that provide benchmarks for appropriate punishme...
Sentencing Policy
Andres F. Rengifo
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Sentencing Policy Introduction Sentencing policies govern the administration of legal sanctions for individuals convicted of a criminal offense...
Sex Crimes
Karen Terry
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Sex Crimes Introduction Sex offenders constitute a heterogeneous group of individuals. The term “sex offender” is applied to individuals wh...
Sex Trafficking
Edward J. Schauer, Ila J. Schauer
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Sex Trafficking Introduction Sex trafficking is the forcing or coercion of persons into the commercial sex trade. The victims of sex trafficki...
Situational Action Theory
Per-Olof H. Wikström
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Situational Action Theory Introduction Situational action theory (SAT) is a newly developed general theory of moral action and crime that a...
Snitching and Use of Criminal Informants
Alexandra Natapoff
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Snitching and Use of Criminal Informants Introduction Criminal informants occupy a central role in the US criminal system. Police rely heavily ...
Social and Intellectual Context of Criminology, The
Joachim J. Savelsberg
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
The Social and Intellectual Context of Criminology Introduction A hallmark of established academic fields is systematic self-reflection and sci...
Social Construction of Crime, The
Richard Rosenfeld
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
The Social Construction of Crime Introduction Behaviors become crimes through a process of social construction. The same behavior may be co...
Social Control Theory
Kimberly Kempf-Leonard, Nancy A. Morris
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Social Control Theory Introduction Unlike most criminology theories that purport to explain why people offend, control theory offers the justi...
Social Disorganization
Andres F. Rengifo
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Social Disorganization Introduction Social disorganization is a theoretical perspective that explains ecological differences in levels ...
Social Ecology of Crime
Per-Olof H. Wikström
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Social Ecology of Crime Introduction Social (or human) ecology may be broadly defined as the study of the social and behavioral consequence...
Social Learning Theory
Thomas Holt
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Social Learning Theory Introduction Social learning theory has had a distinct and lasting impact on the field of criminology. This framework ev...
Social Networks
Peter Carrington
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2013-04-22
Social Networks Introduction This article is concerned with applications in criminology of the concept of the social network. Three distinct t...
Social Threat and Social Control
David Eitle, Zachary Morgan-Edwards
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Social Threat and Social Control Introduction For much of the latter part of the 20th century, social scientists have scrutinized the social co...
South Africa, Crime and Justice in
Elrena Van der Spuy
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Crime and Justice in South Africa Introduction Issues relating to crime and justice have come to occupy a central place in post-apartheid Sout...
Sport Mega-Events Security
Francisco R. Klauser, Richard Giulianotti
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2013-02-26
Sport Mega-Event Security Introduction In recent years, sport mega-events have entered a new phase of development and growth. Their securitiza...
State Crime
Christopher W Mullins
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
State Crime Introduction The focused academic study of crimes committed by nation-states is now more than two decades old, spanning several gen...
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