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Criminology

Known as: criminology (field) 
The study of crime and criminals with special reference to the personality factors and social conditions leading toward, or away from crime.
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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Racial Disparity in Federal Criminal Charging and Its Sentencing Consequences
Using rich data linking federal cases from arrest through sentencing, we assess the contribution of prosecutors' initial charging… 
2010
2010
Advancing the Rights of Non-Citizens in Canada: A Human Rights Approach to Migrant Rights
Focusing on seasonal agricultural migrant workers in Canada, this article illustrates how local migrant rights activists have… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Beyond Retroactivity to Realizing Justice: A Theory on the Principle of Legality in International Criminal Law Sentencing
Although ranking among the most fundamental principles of criminal law, nulla poena sine lege (no punishment without law… 
2005
2005
Interrogating inclusionary and exclusionary practices : learners of war and flight.
There has been a significant increase in the number of undocumented people entering South Africa. A number of them include… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Criminology and Social Theory
Contemporary criminology inhabits a rapidly changing world. The speed and profundity of these changes are echoed in the rapidly… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Doctorate recipients from united states universities: summary report 1998
Doctorates by Race/Ethnicity Following the new Federal standards established for the 2000 decennial census of the U.S. population… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Mental disorder and violence: results of epidemiological studies in the era of de-institutionalization
Review
1996
Review
1996
Review of: David Nelken, The futures of criminology [Review of: D. Nelken (1996) Journal of Law and Society]
  • J. Vos
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 144766968
Introduction - David Nelken Reflexive Criminology? - David Nelken Is Criminology Worth Saving? - Massimo Pavarini Social Control… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Offenders remanded for a psychiatric examination: perceived treatability and disposition.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
The patient or his victim: the therapist's dilemma.
A distraught young man seeks help and counsel from a psychotherapist. During treatment he confides his plan to kill his former… 
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