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The proportion of reported or discovered crimes within a given offense category which are solved.
Industry:Sociology
The process whereby individuals are assigned to study groups without biases or differences resulting from selection.
Industry:Sociology
The process of converting illegally earned assets, originating as cash, to one or more alternative forms to conceal such incriminating factors as illegal origin and true ownership.
Industry:Sociology
The process in which a person openly rejects that which he or she wants, or aspires to, but cannot obtain or achieve.
Industry:Sociology
The process by which legitimately-manufactured controlled substances are diverted for illicit use.
Industry:Sociology
The process by which information is encoded, making it unreadable to all but its intended recipients.
Industry:Sociology
The process by which concepts are made measurable.
Industry:Sociology
The primary male sex hormone, produced in the testes and functioning to control secondary sex characteristics and sexual drive.
Industry:Sociology
The prevention of crime. See also general deterrence and specific deterrence.
Industry:Sociology
The political handling of crime, or a criminology-based social policy.
Industry:Sociology