"Anthropology", "the study of cultures and their development" "Autoethnography", "the study of one’s own culture through self-reflection" "Code of Hammurabi", "an ancient code based on punishment via physical retaliation" "Common law", "decisions made by judges through court cases" "Content analysis", "a method of describing and compiling the details of a particular<br /> medium" "Corporal punishment", "physical punishment intended to cause pain" "Crime", "formal deviance; a violation of formal rules of society as expressed in the law" "Criminal code", "the written code that defines crimes and their punishments" "Criminology", "an academic discipline that studies the nature, extent, cause, and control<br /> of criminal behavior" "Customs", "the typical patterns of behavior in a particular society and time period" "Deviance", "behavior that is perceived as violating cultural norms" "Deviance admiration", "a positive view of behavior that does not conform to social norms" "Environmental crime", "harm caused to the environment that is considered illegal" "Ethonography", "the study of a culture, often involving participant observation" "Experiment", "a method to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions" "Felonies", "serious crimes, or repeat offenses, that can result in significant punishment" "Focus group", "a group of individuals who are brought together to discuss their point of<br /> view" "Formal deviance", "behavior that violates the formal rules of a society" "Formal law", "expectations for behavior based on the law" "Genetics", "the study of genes" "Hypothesis", "a testable statement used as a starting point to answer a research<br /> question" "Informal deviance", "behavior that is perceived as violating the informal social norms of<br /> a society" "Informal norm", "expectations for behavior based on cultural practices" "Informed consent", "permission given based on understanding the risks and benefits of<br /> a study" "Infractions", "petty offenses that are against the law but do not result in jail time" "Interdisciplinary", "using more than one academic discipline or area of study" "Interview", "a discussion between a researcher and a subject" "Juvenile delinquency", "the committing of crime by a youth" "Laws", "the documented rules of a community, made by the government and enforced by an authority" "Misdemeanors", "crimes that have the potential to result in up to one year of jail time (in<br /> most states)" "Mosaic Code", "the foundation of Judeo-Christian moral teachings and a basis for the<br /> U.S. legal system" "Neuroscience", "the study of the human nervous system" "Norms", "cultural ideas about what behavior is acceptable and good" "Participant observation", "a method to gather information through watching human<br /> activity" "Penology", "the study of the correction and control of criminal behavior" "Precedent", "a decision made by a judge that sets the rule for future cases." "Prohibition amendment", "the 18th amendment prohibiting the production, transport and<br /> sale of alcohol" "Psychology", "the study of the human mind and human behavior" "Qualitative research", "data that cannot be expressed through numbers" "Quantitative research", "data that can be expressed through numbers" "Questionnaire", "a series of written questions used to gather information; also described<br /> as a survey" "Research ethics", "principles guiding how to undertake research appropriately and<br /> professionally" "Retribution", "punishment that is a form of revenge equal to the severity of the original<br /> wrongdoing" "Slave codes", "state laws that defined the status of slaves and the rights of slaveowners" "Sociology", "The study of society and human social interaction" "Statutory law", "laws created by legislators" "The scientific method", "a systematic approach to answer a research question" "Victimology", "the study of victims and their experience of crime" "War crime", "behavior during wartime that results in individual criminal charges"
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