Glossary C

Criminalistics is defined as a scientific discipline directed to the recognition, identification, individualization and evaluation of evidence.

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Criminality refers to a behavioral predisposition that disproportionately favors criminal activity.

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Criminalize to make things/practices illegal.

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Deutsch: Kriminaloiden / Español: Criminaloides / Português: Criminaloides / Français: Criminaloïdes / Italiano: Criminaloidi /

Criminaloids refers to a term used by Cesare Lombroso to describe occasional criminals who were pulled into criminality primarily by environmental influences.

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Criminologist refers one who is trained in the field of criminology, or one who studies crime, criminals, and criminal behavior.

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Criminology refers to an interdisciplinary profession built around the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior, including their form, causes, legal aspects and control.

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Crisis is defined as a critical time or climate for an organization in which the outcome to a decision has extreme consequences. It is defined, also as a dramatic emotional or circumstantial upheaval in a person's life. In Psychosocial theory, this usually refers to a normal set of stresses and strains rather than to an extraordinary set of events, and it consists of a period of role experimentation and active decision making among alternative choices. To Erikson, Crisis is the turning point faced at each developmental stage.

Crisis intervention refers to program that helps people who are highly suicidal and refers them to mental-health professionals. Crisis intervention is a skilled management of a psychological emergency.

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