Terminologies of introduction to criminology alphabetical order.
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Abolitionism
A political and criminological perspective that advocates the radical transformation/replacement of modern punishment forms with a more reflexive and multifaceted approach capable of better understanding dominant ideological constructions of crime.
Accountability
The ways in which organizations and individuals are rendered answerable for their policies and day-to-day activities, exerted by internal and external mechanisms.
Acquisitive crime
A term used to categorize economically motivated crimes.
Actuarial justice
A term coined by Malcolm Feeley and Jonathan Simon to try to characterize a possible emerging aspect of criminal law and criminal justice. The term derives from ?actuary?, meaning a statistician who works for an insurance company to calculate risks, premiums and payouts. Actuarial justice thus suggests a form of justice based on calculation of risks, and the statistical use of past data to predict the likelihood of future events.