CRIM 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Crime Comics, Social Control Theory, Dangerous Offender
1 Nov 2017
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Deviance : behaviour that differs from accepted social norms. Demographics : statistical data relating to characteristics of a population such as relative size of age groups, gender balances, or any measurable info. Forensic entomology : the study of insects to assist in legal investigations. Criminality : the state of being criminal; acts or practices. Criminalization : to define the act as a crime, and thereby subject to the act of formal punishment. Empirical: that which is understood or verified through experimental measurement or direct observation. Interventions: strategies intended to shape the physical environment to mitigate crime. Geographic profiling : a tool that permits police officers to focus on the likely residence of offenders in cases of serial crimes. Qualitative : the study of phenomena based on measurement but an exploration of the reasons for human behavior and the qualities of subjective experience. Quantitative : relating to the measurement of something- its quantity- rather than its qualities.
