Comparative analysis
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Comparative analysis is type of analysis
used in various of sciences and in different modifications:
Criminology
and forensics
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Sociology
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Economics
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Organizations:
Analysis
Analysis is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle , though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent development.The word is...
used in various of sciences and in different modifications:
Criminology
Criminology
Criminology is the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes, and control of criminal behavior in both the individual and in society...
and forensics
Forensics
Forensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action...
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- Comparative contextual analysisComparative contextual analysisComparative Contextual Analysis is a methodology for comparative research where contextual interrogation precedes any analysis of similarity and difference. It is a thematic process directed and designed to explore relationships of agency rather than institutional or structural frameworks. See...
- criminology - Comparative bullet-lead analysisComparative bullet-lead analysisComparative bullet-lead analysis also known as Compositional bullet-lead analysis) is a now discredited and abandoned forensic technique which used chemistry to link crime scene bullets to ones possessed by suspects on the theory that each batch of lead had a unique elemental makeup.The technique...
- forensics
Sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
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- Qualitative comparative analysisQualitative comparative analysisQualitative Comparative Analysis is a technique, developed by Charles Ragin in 1987, for solving the problems that are caused by making causal inferences on the basis of only a small number of cases...
Economics
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
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Organizations:
- Centre for the Comparative Analysis of Law and Economics, Economics of Law, Economics of Institutions