the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.Deviance
deviate behavior
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a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain" - The Bible, Genesis 4:15
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.the state of being a criminal
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.the state of being a criminal
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.the state of being a criminal
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as…
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.deviate behavior
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.(criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes"
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.a symbol of disgrace or infamy; "And the Lord set a mark upon Cain" - The Bible, Genesis 4:15
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.the act of punishing, or the infliction of a penalty
Used in the same subject area: Sociology, Crime and deviance.Words connected by meaning
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Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; mode of conducting one's self; conduct; deportment; carriage; -- used also of inanimate objec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To deviate or incline from an angle of 90?, as a surface; to slant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To cause to deviate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.of Deviate
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.of Deviate
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.Tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to tend to spread apart; to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To go out of the track; to deviate.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To deviate from the vertical; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To deviate from a line, direction, or course, toward an object; to lean; to tend; as, converging lines incline toward each other; a ro…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.Want of decorum; impropriety of behavior; that in behavior or manners which violates the established rules of civility, custom, or eti…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.To slide or slip in moral conduct; to fail in duty; to fall from virtue; to deviate from rectitude; to commit a fault by inadvertence…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: deviate, behavior.Explore Academic Dictionary
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