Index of criminology articles explained

Articles related to criminology and law enforcement.

A

acquittaladdiction – age of consent – age of criminal responsibility – aging offenderallocutealloplastic adaptationAmerican Academy of Forensic Sciences – animal abuse – animus nocendianomie theoryanswer (law) – anthropometry – antisocial behaviour order – antisocial personality disorder – arsonASBOasocial personalityassaultassault causing bodily harmassault occasioning actual bodily harmasset forfeitureautomatismautoplastic adaptationautopsy

B

ballistics – battered child syndrome – battered woman syndromebatterybehavior theory – Jeremy Bentham – Alphonse Bertillonbinge drinkingbiosocial criminology – blackmail – blunt force traumabodily harmbody cavity searchborn criminalbreaking and enteringBritish Society of Criminology - Zebulon Reed Brockwaybroken windows thesisburglary

C

capital punishment – carjackingcase lawcauses and correlates of crimeceleritychain of custody – chemical castration – child abusechild neglectchild sexual abusechronic mentally ill offendercivil lawclandestine abuseclassical school of criminologyclosed-circuit televisioncohort analysiscommunity policingcommunity servicecompulsive gamblingcomputational criminology – computer abuse – computer bulletin board – computer crime – computer forensics – computer-related crime – conflict perspective – consensual crime – consensus model (criminal justice)conspiracyconstitutive criminologycontact rapistconviction ratecoronercorporal punishmentcorrectional psychologycounterfeitingCPTEDcrimecrime against humanitycrime indexcrime mapping – crime of passion – crime ratecrime statisticscriminal anthropology – criminal homicide – criminal insanitycriminal justice – criminal justice system – criminal lawcriminal negligence – criminal record – criminal tattooscriminal threatening – criminalistics – criminalizationcriminaloidcriminology – criminology of place – critical criminologyculture conflictcycle of violence

D

dangerous drugdangerousness – date-rape drug – Daubert Standarddeath penaltydeconstructionist theoriesdecriminalizationdefense of justificationdefensible spacedetectivedeterrencedeterrence strategydeviancedifferential associationdomestic violencedouble jeopardydramaturgical perspectivedrug possessiondrug-defined crimedrug-related crimedrunk drivingDUIDurham rule

E

ecological theory – elder abuse – embezzlementenforcement discretionenvironmental crimeenvironmental criminologyespionageethnic succession – evidence collection – exileexpert witnessexternal validity – extortion

F

family violencefear of crimefederal inmatefederal interest computerfelonyfeminist criminologyfentanylEnrico Ferri – Fifth Amendment rights of witnesses – finefingerprint – first degree murder – focal concernforcible rapeforensic accounting – forensic anthropology – forensic ballistics – forensic engineeringforensic entomologyforensic evidence – forensic genetics – forensic odontology – forensic palynologyforensic pathologyforensic psychiatryforensic psychology – forensic science – forensic toxicologyforgeryWillie Francisfraudfrustration-aggression theory

G

gamma hydroxybutyrategender-politics modelgeneral deterrencegenocidegeographic profilinggrand jurygrave robbinggrievous bodily harmguiltguilty but mentally illgun control

H

habitual offender statutehacker – harm reduction – hate crime – hedonistic calculus – heroin – home invasionhomelessnesshomicidehonour culturehonour killinghouse arrest – human cannibalism – human rightshybrid offence

I

identity theftillegal gamblingillegitimate opportunity structureimprisonmentincapacitationinchoate offenseindictable offenceindividual rights advocate – infraction – in limineinsanity defenseinstitutionalizationintegrated theory of criminologyinteractionist perspectivesinterdictioninternal validityinternational crime (disambiguation) – invisible evidence – irresistible impulse testisobutyl nitrite

J

just desertsjustice

K

kidnapping – kleptomania – kriminalpolitik

L

labeling (criminology) – laceration – larcenylarceny-theftLaw Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) – law enforcement in the United Kingdom – law enforcement in the United Statesleft realismlegal immunity – libel – life course theoriesliquor lawsLocard's exchange principleCesare Lombrosolootingluminol

M

Jesus Malverdemanslaughtermanslaughter in English lawmass murdermass surveillanceM'Naghten Rules – MDMA – Meadow's lawmedia influence theory – medroxyprogesterone acetate treatment – mens rea – methylenedioxymethamphetamine – misdemeanormodus operandi – Monozygotic twins – moral enterprise – moral entrepreneur – motive – moral panic – Munchausen's syndrome by proxy – murder – murder in English law

N

narcoticnarcotic abuse theorynarcotraficonational crime victimization survey – needle exchange – negligent homicideneoclassical criminologyNIBRSnurturant strategy

O

occupational crimeoffender profilingOJJDPoperant behavior – Operation Spanner – opportunity structure – organised crime – organized crime – ostracism

P

panopticonparaffin testparticipatory justicepeacemaking criminology – penal couple – penile plethysmography – penitentiarypenologyperfect crimeperjurypharmaceutical diversionphenobarbitalphenomenological criminologypimpingpiracyplea bargainplea of temporary insanitypolice – police corruption – police misconductpolice riotpolice statepolice surgeonpolygraphPortland Sevenpositivismpositivist school of criminology – post-crime victimization – post-mortem examinationpostmortem lividity – postal fraud – postmodern criminology – powercontrol theory – Alma Preinkertprimary deviance – primary research – prisonprison cellprisons in the United StatesProhibitionprosecutor's fallacyprostitutionprotection/avoidance strategypsychiatric criminologypsychiatric theories of criminologypsychoactive substancepsychoanalytic criminologypsychological profiling – psychological theories – psychopathPublic criminologyPublic humiliation - public order crimepunishmentpure researchpyromania

Q

qualitative methodquestioned document examination

R

racial profiling – racially motivated crime – racketeeringradical criminologyraperealist criminologyrecidivismrecidivism ratereciprocal obligationreintegrative shamingremandremorsereplicabilityresearch designrestitution – restraining order – revolving door syndromerewardrigor mortisriotrobberyrohypnolroutine activities theory

S

second degree murder – secondary deviancesecondary researchsecondary victimizationsecurities fraudsentence – serial killer – sex offendersexual assault – sexual crime – sexual harassment – shaken baby syndrome – shame – shopliftingsimple assaultslander – smuggling – social controlsocial control theorysocial disorganizationsocial epidemiologysocial justicesocial ostracismsocial policysodomy lawsomatotypingspecific deterrence – speed (drug) – spousal abusespree killingstalkingstarlight tourstatutory lawstrain theorystreet fightingstreet gangTheodore Streleskistrict liability crimessubcultural theorysuicide pactsummary convictionsummary offencesupermalesuperpredators (disambiguation)Edwin H. Sutherland

T

target hardeningtax evasiontechniques of neutralizationterminal ballisticsterrorismtests of significancetheftthreat analysisthree strikes lawthug life (concept) – torture – total institutiontoxicologytrace evidencetransient evidencetransylvanian hypothesistreasontrespass

U

uni-causaluniform crime reportuniversal jurisdictionusuryutilitarianismuxoricide

V

vandalismverbal abuseverstehenvictim impact statementvictim-precipitated homicidevictim-pronenessvictim-witness assistance programvictimization ratevictimless crimevictimogenesisvictimology – violence – violent crimeVOCAvoluntary euthanasiaJuan Vucetich

W

war crimeWar on Drugs – weapon possession – white-collar crimewitness intimidation

Y

yakuza – young offender

Z

zero tolerance