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A concept which compares society to a physical organism and sees criminality as an illness.
Industry:Sociology
A collection of values and preferences which is communicated to subcultural participants through a process of socialization.
Industry:Sociology
A causal, complementary, or reciprocal relationship between two measurable variables. See also statistical correlation.
Industry:Sociology
1. An explanation that accounts for a set of facts and that can be tested by further investigation. . . , 2. Something that is taken to be true for the purpose of argument or investigation.
Industry:Sociology
Reduces criminal penalties associated with the personal possession of a controlled substance (drug. )
Industry:Sociology
A series of interrelated propositions that attempt to describe, explain, predict, and ultimately to control some class of events. A theory gains explanatory power from inherent logical consistency, and is "tested" by how well it describes and predicts reality.
Industry:Sociology
Eliminates the laws and associated criminal penalties that prohibit the production, sale, distribution, and possession of a controlled substance (drug. )
Industry:Sociology
A set of computer instructions that propagates copies or versions of itself into computer programs or data when it is executed.
Industry:Sociology
(literally, "our thing") a term signifying organized crime, and one of a variety of names for the "mafia," the "outfit," the "mob," the "syndicate," or "the organization. "
Industry:Sociology
