Glossary C
Glossary C
Containment refers to the aspects of the Social bond which act to prevent individuals from committing crimes and keep them from engaging in deviance.
Containment theory refers to a form of control theory which suggests that a series of both internal and external factors contribute to law-abiding behavior.
Contemplation refers to a stage in the Transtheoretical Model where people recognize they may be doing something unhealthy and then intend to change within the next month
Contemporaneous bisexuality is defined as having sexual partners of both sexes during the same time period.
Content analysis refers to a set of procedures used to make valid inferences about text; using the techniques of behavioral observation to measure the occurrence of specific events in literature, movies, television programs, or similar media that present replicas of behaviors. Content analysis also refers to the study of recorded human communications, such as books, websites, paintings, and laws.