Page 12 - A2Z Flip

only as a ‘rational actor’ who makes calculated
decisions about the costs and benefits of criminal
action. Administrative criminologists seek to
reduce the opportunities for crime, thus making
the costs/risks of crime outweigh the potential
benefits.

ADMINISTRATIVE LOG – a written record of the
actions taken by the crime scene coordinator,
including assignments and release of the scene.

ADMINISTRATOR – any person who acts as agent of
the owner and manages the use of a building for
him.

ADMISSIBILITY – is a legal criterion used to
determine whether an item of evidence can be
presented in court; requires that the evidence have
relevance, materiality, and competence.

ADMISSION - an acknowledgment of facts. It
embraces any statement of fact made by a party
which is against his interest or unfavorable to the
conclusion for which he contends or inconsistent
with the facts alleged by him.

ADOLPHE QUETELET – a Belgian Statistician who
pioneered the idea of Cartography, thus became
the “Father of Cartographical School of
Criminology. He also coined the word ‘seasonal
crimes’.

ADOPTION – is the act or proceeding by which of
paternity and filiation are recognized as legally
existing between persons not so related by nature.

8 | A T O Z I N C R I M I N O L O G Y