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broken windows thesis — A thesis which links disorderly behaviour to fear of crime, the potential for serious crime, and to urban decay in American cities. It is often cited as an example of communitarian ideas informing public policy. In the March1982 issue of the… … Dictionary of sociology
broken window — broken windows thesis … Dictionary of sociology
Criticism of Windows Vista — This article is about the criticism that applies specifically to Vista. For criticism applying to several or all versions of Microsoft Windows, see Criticism of Microsoft Windows. This article is part of a series on Windows Vista New features… … Wikipedia
collectivism — A term with a general and a variety of specific applications. In the most common usage it refers to any political or socio economic theory or practice which encourages communal or state ownership and control of the means of production and… … Dictionary of sociology
Chicago school (sociology) — Sociology … Wikipedia
List of criminology topics — This is a list of terms and topics related to criminology and law enforcement. A acquittal actual bodily harm addiction age of consent age of criminal responsibility aging offender allocute alloplastic adaptation American Academy of Forensic… … Wikipedia
crime — A crime is held to be an offence which goes beyond the personal and into the public sphere, breaking prohibitory rules or laws, to which legitimate punishments or sanctions are attached, and which requires the intervention of a public authority… … Dictionary of sociology
criminology — Most literally, the study of crime , its perpetrators, and its causes; and, relatedly, an interest in its prevention, and in the deterrence, treatment, and punishment of offenders (see, Criminology, 2nd edn., 1992). Approaches and theoretical… … Dictionary of sociology
criminology, environmental — Traditionally, the study of ‘crime and place’; that is, the spatial patterning of crime and victimization (see victimology ). Environmental criminology is related therefore to the work of the Chicago School on urban ecology, and to such… … Dictionary of sociology
policy research — Social scientific research which has non university groups as its main intended audience (although the results may in practice also interest academic audiences). For the most part such research attempts to apply social scientific findings to the… … Dictionary of sociology
zero tolerance — See broken windows thesis … Dictionary of sociology
