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SMOOTH SKETCH – a finished sketch of the crime
scene, often drawn to scale using information
contained in the rough sketch.

SOCIAL DEGRADATION – putting the offender into
shame or humiliation.

SOCIAL DISORGANIZATION THEORY - Maintains
that social indicators present in a society such as
large number of single parents, high percentage of
out of school youth, unemployment, breakdown of
social values and other reasons are influential to
the occurrence of juvenile delinquency and crime.

SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY – study of social epidemics
and diseases of the social order.

SOCIALIZED DELINQUENTS – are criminals who
are normal in behavior but defective in their
socialization process or development.

SOCIOLOGICAL CRIMINOLOGY – the study of
crime focused on the group of people and society
as a whole. It is primarily based on the examination
of the relationship of demographic and group
variables to crime such as socioeconomic status,
interpersonal relationships, age, race, gender, and
cultural groups of people are probed in relation to
the environmental factors that are most conducive
to criminal action, such as time, place, and
circumstances surrounding the crime.

SOCIOLOGY OF LAW – pertains to the study of law
and its application.

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