Vocabulary List. Chapter II. Unit 1. The study of crime
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CHAPTER II. UNIT 1. THE STUDY OF CRIME
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Misdeed
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Misconduct
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Crime
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Offense
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Wrongdoing
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Unlawful act
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Violation of the law
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Lawbreaking
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Harm
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Sin
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Criminology
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Causes of crime
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Characteristics of criminals
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To apprehend
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To convict
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Offender
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Correctional institution
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Rehabilitation of convicts
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Prevention of crime
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Objective
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To determine
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To determine the causes of sth
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Criminal behaviour
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To evolve valid principles
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To pursue an objective
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To draw on sth
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Findings
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Biology
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Psychology
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Psychiatry
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Sociology
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Anthropology
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To originate
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To question sth
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Retribution
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Deterrence
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Consequence
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To mitigate
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Penalty
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To humanize
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Penal institutions
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Scientific neutrality
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To hold
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To be shaped by sth
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To emphasize
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Case study
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Rehabilitative measures
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Research technique
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Collection and interpretation of statistics
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Typological method
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Sociological research
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Crime rate
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Practical application
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Prison official
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legislator
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criminologist
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to look into the problem of crime
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to be regarded as …
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scientific study of criminals
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forensic medicine
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mental asylum
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to set out an idea
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criminal type
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to recognize
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to have a criminal instinct
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the curve of the chin
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forehead
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to be widely influential
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emphasis on sth
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hereditary
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hereditary causes of crime
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in favour of sth
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to reject
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penal system
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to encourage more humane and constructive treatment of convicts
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firsthand observation
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inmate
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investigation
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hereditary criminal
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to exhibit sth
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percentage
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physical and mental anomalies
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skull
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asymmetry
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multiple causes
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upbringing
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preventive measures
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capital punishment
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alternatives to capital punishment
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imprisonment
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probation
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sentence
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suspended sentence
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parole
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to be unthinkable