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  2. Differential association - Wikipedia

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    It grows socially easier for the individuals to commit a crime. Their inspiration is the processes of cultural transmission and construction. Sutherland had developed the idea of the "self" as a social construct, as when a person's self-image is continuously being reconstructed especially when interacting with other people.

  3. Misandry - Wikipedia

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    The most significant point of contact, however, between Eteocles and the suppliant Danaids is, in fact, their extreme positions with regard to the opposite sex: the misogyny of Eteocles' outburst against all women of whatever variety has its counterpart in the seeming misandry of the Danaids, who although opposed to their Egyptian cousins in ...

  4. Power-control theory of gender and delinquency - Wikipedia

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    The theory seeks to explain gender differences in the rates of delinquency by attributing them to the level of social/parental control practiced. The theory states that the class , gender , and type of family structure (e.g. egalitarian or patriarchal ) will influence the severity of social/parental control practiced which will in turn set the ...

  5. List of types of killing - Wikipedia

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    Amicicide – the act of killing a friend (Latin: amicus "friend").; Androcide – the systematic killing of men.; Assassination – the act of killing a prominent person for either political, religious, or monetary reasons.

  6. Social control theory - Wikipedia

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    Another early form of the theory was proposed by Reiss (1951) [3] who defined delinquency as, "...behavior consequent to the failure of personal and social controls." ." Personal control was defined as, "...the ability of the individual to refrain from meeting needs in ways which conflict with the norms and rules of the community" while social control was, "...the ability of social groups or ...

  7. Broken windows theory - Wikipedia

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    The study noted that crime cannot be the result of disorder if the two are identical, agreed that disorder provided evidence of "convergent validity" and concluded that broken windows theory misinterprets the relationship between disorder and crime.

  8. Deviance (sociology) - Wikipedia

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    Deviance or the sociology of deviance [1] [2] explores the actions or behaviors that violate social norms across formally enacted rules (e.g., crime) [3] as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., rejecting folkways and mores).

  9. Dark triad - Wikipedia

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    Out of all of the traits in the dark triad, Machiavellianism was the least attractive to the opposite sex. [ 123 ] [ 124 ] [ 125 ] One of the studies concluded that "The third DT trait, Machiavellianism, was significantly negatively associated with being chosen and mate appeal for STR (short term relationships) in women."