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| The actual criminal act of which the defendant is accused. |
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| (Guilty mind) criminal intent. |
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| the direction of the relationship between two variables. |
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| the system of law originating in medieval England and emphasizing court decisions and customs |
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| as used in sociology and criminology, refers to a theory that assumes that people disagree on norms and act with self-interest because of their disparate socioeconomic positions |
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| refers to a theory that people agree on norms despite their disparate socioeconomic positions |
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| behavior that is considered so harmful that it is banned by a criminal law. |
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| having the desire to commit a crime |
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| the study of the making of laws, the breaking of laws, and society's reaction to the breaking of laws |
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| norms that are unwritten and informal |
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| part of the sociological perspective; refers to the challenge sociology poses to conventional understandings of social institutions and social reality |
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| behavior that violates accepted norms and arouses negative social reactions |
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| threats or coercion on another to commit a crime |
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| a serious criminal offense punishable by a prison term of more than one year |
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| to apply knowledge of particular cases to other, similar cases |
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| behaviors that are wrong in and of themselves (ex. murder) |
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| behaviors that are wrong because they are prohibited by law (ex. prostitution) |
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| relatively minor criminal offense punishable by less than one year in prison |
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| individual problems that many people have that they think stem from their own failings or particular circumstances |
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| social problems resulting from structural and other problems in the social environment |
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| violent or other actions committed to protect oneself or others |
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| society's restraint of norm-violating behavior |
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| the breakdown of social bonds and social control in a community or larger society |
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| the differential distribution of wealth, power, and other things of value in a given society |
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| the sociological understand of crime and criminal justice, stressing the importance of social structure and social inequality |
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| the ability to attribute private troubles to problems in the larger social structure |
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| the belief that social backgrounds influence individuals' attitudes and behaviors |
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| a statistical relationship between two variables that exists only because the effects of a third variable have not been considered |
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