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The legal imposition of a sentence of death upon a convicted offender. Another term for the death penalty.
Industry:Sociology
The kind of subjective understanding that can be achieved by criminologists who immerse themselves into the everyday world of the criminals they study.
Industry:Sociology
The key values of any culture, and especially the key values of a delinquent subculture.
Industry:Sociology
The informal, unwritten code of organized crime which demands silence and loyalty, among other things, of family members.
Industry:Sociology
The intentional enactment of practiced behavior which is intended to convey to others one's desirable personal characteristics and social qualities.
Industry:Sociology
The illegal killing of four or more victims at one location, within one event.
Industry:Sociology
The enlightenment-era concept that human beings abandon their natural state of individual freedom to join together and form society. Although, in the process of forming a social contract, individuals surrender some freedoms to society as a whole, government, once formed, is obligated to assume responsibilities toward its citizens and to provide for their protection and welfare.
Industry:Sociology
The degree of positive relationships with other persons and with social institutions, that individuals build up over the course of their lives.
Industry:Sociology
