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Acts defined by law as criminal and committed by state officials in the pursuit of their job as representatives of the state.
Industry:Sociology
A written document which describes the losses, suffering, and trauma experienced by the crime victim or by the victim's survivors. In jurisdictions where victim impact statements are used, judges are expected to consider them in arriving at an appropriate sentence for the offender.
Industry:Sociology
A violation of a criminal statute either by a corporate entity or by its executives, employees, or agents acting on behalf of and for the benefit of the corporation, partnership, or other form of business entity.
Industry:Sociology
A viewpoint which holds that individuals are fundamentally responsible for their own behavior, and which maintains that they choose crime over other, more law-abiding, courses of action.
Industry:Sociology
A variety of strategies in data gathering in which the researcher observes a group by participating, to varying degrees, in the activities of the group.
Industry:Sociology
A theoretical point of view which depicts human behavior as centered around the purposeful management of interpersonal impressions.
Industry:Sociology
A test of scientific acceptability applicable to the gathering of evidence in criminal cases.
Industry:Sociology
