Concept information
Preferred term
special populations
Definition(s)
- The concept of "special populations" (SPs) was created as a contrast to mainstream population, a term generally defined as a group of people who are numerically in the majority or who are a dominant group in power. Historically, the dominant groups in America tend to be males, Caucasians, and heterosexual individuals. [Source: Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse Prevention, Treatment, & Recovery; Special Populations]
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
- animals in criminal justice
- at-risk youth
- child maltreatment
- child witnesses
- elderly prisoners
- ethnicity and race
- female murderers
- female offenders
- homeless men and crime
- homeless women and crime
- infanticide
- juvenile courts
- juvenile justice
- juvenile offenders in adult courts
- juvenile victimization
- mentally ill offenders
- military justice
- militias
- missing children
- online victimization of youth
- school violence
- street youth
- student threats
- women and crime in a global perspective
- women and policing
- women as victims
- women prisoners
- youthful offenders
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-N4N32XRG-C
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