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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...
Strain Theories
Robert Agnew, Heather Scheuerman
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Strain Theories Introduction Strain theories state that certain strains or stressors increase the likelihood of crime. These strains lead to ne...
Street Robbery
Richard Wright, Scott Jacques
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Street Robbery Introduction Street robbery can be defined as the theft of property accomplished through force or threat of force in an outdoor,...
Substance Use and Abuse
Amie L. Nielsen
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Substance Use and Abuse Introduction Use of substances for many reasons is widespread in the United States. Although use of some drugs is accep...
Surveillance, Public and Private
Kevin D. Haggerty, Daniel Trottier
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Public and Private Surveillance Introduction When people think of surveillance, what usually comes to mind are spies and hidden cameras. Survei...
Sutherland, Edwin H.
Marvin Krohn
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-11-21
Edwin H. Sutherland Introduction About the contributions that Edwin Hardin Sutherland made to our understanding of crime and the criminal law,...
Terrorism
Karen Terry
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Terrorism Introduction The study of terrorism is one of the most topical yet controversial issues in the field of criminology and criminal just...
Testimony, Eyewitness
Cara Laney, Elizabeth Loftus
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Eyewitness Testimony Introduction Research into eyewitness testimony involves the psychological study of how crime witnesses perceive events, r...
Trajectory Methods in Criminology
Wesley G. Jennings, Alex R. Piquero
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Trajectory Methods in Criminology Introduction Trajectory modeling has recently come into favor in criminological research. Advances in method...
Transnational Crime
Jay S. Albanese
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Transnational Crime Introduction Transnational crimes are violations of law that involve more than one country in their planning, execut...
Truth-In-Sentencing
Brian J. Ostrom, Charles W. Ostrom
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2012-12-19
Truth-in-Sentencing Introduction Truth-in-sentencing (TIS) describes a range of justice system policies that eliminate discretionary parole re...
Urban Politics and Crime
Thomas Stucky
Subject: Criminology »
Date Added: 2011-08-26
Urban Politics and Crime Introduction The study of urban politics and crime is at a very basic level an interdisciplinary endeavor, bringing to...
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