Definition of sociology
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the study and classification of human societies
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criminology
the scientific study of crime and criminal behavior and law enforcement
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penology, poenology
the branch of criminology concerned with prison management and prisoner rehabilitation
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demography, human ecology
the branch of sociology that studies the characteristics of human populations
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psephology
the branch of sociology that studies election trends (as by opinion polls)
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sociometry
the quantitative study of social relationships
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social science
the branch of science that studies society and the relationships of individual within a society
Vocabulary Lists for sociology
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