Criminology glossary
Criminology glossary
20 Criminology terms
My subject of study is criminology. It is a very large and exciting field. Criminology is interested in crimes, criminals and their psychology. It aims to understand why people act like this and how they become like this. This involves asking yourself many questions. It is about studying their environment, their social interactions, their childhood. It is also about understanding the causes of crimes, identifying criminals and analyzing the consequences of crimes on society. Criminology uses many disciplines such as Psychology, Sociology, Biology... For my glossary, I find all the world in Google and their definitions too.
- Analysis
- Detailed examination of the elements or structure of something
- Antisocial personality disorder
- An adult diagnosis characterized by a persistent pattern of disregard for and violation of others’ rights, beginning in childhood or early adolescence.
- Biopsychosocial criminology
- Multidisciplinary perspective that attempts to understand criminal behavior by considering the interactions between biological, psychological and sociological factors.
- Brain
- An organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as coordinating center of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity.
- Carceral feminism
- A critical term for types of feminism that advocate for enhancing and increasing prison sentences that deal with feminist and gender issues.
- Causality
- The relationship between cause and effect.
- Crime
- An action or omission that constitutes an offense that may be prosecuted by the state and is punishable by law
- Deviance
- The fact or state of departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior.
- Disciplinary Power
- Employs the norm to correct behavior and transform individuals into docil bodies who are mesured and ranked by their relationship to the norm.
- Domestic violence
- Violent or aggressive behavior within the home, typically involving the violent abuse of a spouse or partner.
- Empiricism
- The theory that all knowledge is derived from sens-expérience
- Evaluation
- The making of a judgment about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.
- Homicide
- The killing of one person by another.
- Incapacitation
- The physical and/or mental inability to make informed, rational judgments and decisions
- Law
- Partnerships
- The state of being a partner or partners.
- Probation
- The release of an offender from detention, subject to a period of good behavior under supervision.
- Rational choice
- Every choice that is made is completed by first considering the costs, risks and benefits of making that decision
- Rehabilitation
- The action of restoring someone to health or normal life through training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
- Self control
- The ability to control one’s emotions and desires, especially in difficult situations.