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A new generation of juveniles "who are coming of age in actual and ‘moral poverty' without the benefits of parents, teachers, coaches and clergy to teach them right from wrong and show them 'unconditional love. '" the term is often applied to those inner-city youths who meet the criteria it sets forth.
Industry:Sociology
A new form of the ucr that will collect data on each single incident and arrest within twenty-two crime categories.
Industry:Sociology
A measure of the occurrence of victimizations among a specified population group. For personal crimes, this is based on the number of victimizations per 1,000 residents age 12 or older. For household crimes, the victimization rates are calculated using the number of incidents per 1,000 households.
Industry:Sociology
A multidisciplinary branch of operations research whose principle aim "is to facilitate long-range planning based on 1. Forecasting from the past supported by mathematical models; 2. Cross-disciplinary treatment of its subject matter; 3. Systematic use of expert judgment, and; 4. A systems-analytical approach to its problems. "
Industry:Sociology
A legally established inability to understand right from wrong, or to conform one's behavior to the requirements of the law.
Industry:Sociology
A group of individuals sharing certain significant social characteristics in common, such as sex, time, and place of birth.
Industry:Sociology
A group of experimental subjects which, although the subject of measurement and observation, are not exposed to the experimental intervention.
Industry:Sociology
A goal of criminal sentencing which seeks to prevent others from committing crimes similar to the one for which a particular offender is being sentenced.
Industry:Sociology
A goal of criminal sentencing which seeks to prevent a particular offender from engaging in repeat criminality.
Industry:Sociology
