Tag: Criminology
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Police Misconduct
Police Misconduct Police Misconduct is part of the law enforcement topic and related to Police Brutality. There are reports on victims of police brutality. Some topics covered by the legal doctrine and the courts include: Organization that provides assistance to victims of police misconduct. Resources for fighting police misconduct, police abuse, brutality, harassment, and corruption.…
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Policemen
Priest, Doorkeeper, Policemen, Arrest From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Priest, Doorkeeper, Policemen, Arrest (1): A priest who was in charge of a parish and had control of the temporalities consisting of pew-rents, Sunday and other collections, graveyard, church, […]
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Peacemaking Criminology
Resources See Also Peacebuilding Peacemaking Peacemaking Criminology Peacemaking theory Peacekeeping Peace Enforcement Peacemaking Circles
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Police Power
Real Estate meaning of Police PowerIn the words of the Encyclopedia of Real Estate Terms about Police Power: The power of promoting the interests of society as a whole by limiting the freedom of an individual to act or use his property at will. In particular, the constitutional power available […]
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Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict Contents by Subject Area Anthropological Studies Aggression and Altruism Anthropology of Violence and Conflict, Overview Clan and Tribal Conflict Cultural Anthropology Studies of Conflict Evolutionary Factors Evolutionary Theory Folklore Peaceful Societies Ritual and Symbolic Behavior Warriors, Anthropology of Biomedical Studies Animal Behavior Studies, Nonprimates Animal Behavior Studies, Primates Animals,…
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Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict Contents by Subject Area Anthropological Studies Aggression and Altruism Anthropology of Violence and Conflict, Overview Clan and Tribal Conflict Cultural Anthropology Studies of Conflict Evolutionary Factors Evolutionary Theory Folklore Peaceful Societies Ritual and Symbolic Behavior Warriors, Anthropology of Biomedical Studies Animal Behavior Studies, Nonprimates Animal Behavior Studies, Primates Animals,…
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Police Law
Police Law…
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Social Learning Theories
Psychological Theories of Crime: Social Learning TheoriesIntroduction to Social Learning TheoriesSocial learning theories propose that people internalize moral codes more through the process of socialization-learning behaviors through interaction with others-rather than through a s…
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Social-Structural Theories
Environmental and Social Theories of Crime: Social Causes: Social-Structural TheoriesIntroduction to Social-Structural TheoriesThe social-structural approach emphasizes the effects of an individual's position in society and the constraints that the person's status puts on h…
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Subcultural Theories
Environmental and Social Theories of Crime: Social Causes: Subcultural TheoriesIntroduction to Subcultural TheoriesWhile social-structural or strain theories assume that people share similar values and differ only with respect to access to resources, subcultural theories assume tha…
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Secret Police
Introduction to Secret PoliceSecret Police, special police force organized by autocratic or totalitarian regimes in defense against their enemies.Secret police were known in ancient Greece and Rome, in the Muslim caliphates, and in premodern monarchies, and they continue to function…
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Social Causes
Environmental and Social Theories of Crime Social CausesIntroduction to Social CausesOne of the first theories describing the influence of social factors on crime came from French sociologist Gabriel Tarde. In the late 1880s Tarde criticized the physical typology theories of Lombro…
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Personality Theories
Psychological Theories of Crime: Personality TheoriesIntroduction to Personality TheoriesPersonality theories attempt to explain how people acquire predispositions toward certain behavior. These predispositions are sometimes discussed in terms of personality traits, such as impulsi…
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Police Forces
Police: History of Police ForcesIntroduction to Police ForcesThe conception of the police force as a protective and law enforcement organization developed from the use of military bodies as guardians of the peace, such as the Praetorian Guard of ancient Rome. The Romans achieved a …