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A standard for judging legal insanity which requires that either an offender did not know what he or she were doing, or that, if he or she did, that he or she did not know it was wrong.
Industry:Sociology
A standard for judging legal insanity which requires that a person lack "the mental capacity needed to understand the wrongfulness of his act, or to conform his behavior to the requirements of the law. "
Industry:Sociology
A standard for judging legal insanity which holds that a defendant is not guilty of a criminal offense if the person, by virtue of their mental state or psychological condition, was not able to resist committing the action in question.
Industry:Sociology
A standard for judging legal insanity which holds that "an accused is not criminally responsible if his unlawful act was the product of mental disease or mental defect. "
Industry:Sociology
A standard developed by the U. S. Government that requires that electromagnetic emanations from computers designated as "secure" be below levels that would allow radio receiving equipment to "read" the data being computed. TEMPEST is a codename only and is not an acronym.
Industry:Sociology
A special class of criminal homicide whereby an offender may be charged with first-degree murder whenever his or her criminal activity results in another person's death.
Industry:Sociology
A sociological perspective which emphasizes the contribution made by variously socialized cultural groups to the phenomenon of crime.
Industry:Sociology
A sociological perspective on crime which suggests that the root cause of criminality can be found in a clash of values between variously socialized groups over what is acceptable or proper behavior.
Industry:Sociology
A sociological approach which posits a disjuncture between socially and subculturally sanctioned means and goals as the cause of criminal behavior.
Industry:Sociology
