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  2. Empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Empowerment is the degree of autonomy and self-determination in people and in communities. This enables them to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way, acting on their own authority. It is the process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights.

  3. Community psychology - Wikipedia

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    Community psychology is concerned with the community as the unit of study. This contrasts with most psychology which focuses on the individual. Community psychology also studies the community as a context for the individuals within it, [1] and the relationships of the individual to communities and society.

  4. Feminist school of criminology - Wikipedia

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    Feminist theories on crime Carceral feminism. A carceral feminist is a feminist that relies on the criminal justice system to address social problems and gender inequalities, such as violence against women and sentencing for sexual offenders. Carceral feminists, mainly consisting of radical, liberal, and/or white feminists, believe that a ...

  5. Trauma-informed feminist therapy - Wikipedia

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    Trauma-informed feminist therapy. In psychology, Trauma-informed feminist therapy is a model of trauma for both men and women that incorporates the client's sociopolitical context. In feminist therapy, the therapist views the client's trauma experience through a sociopolitical lens. In other words, the therapist must consider how the client's ...

  6. Victimology - Wikipedia

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    Increase in the realization of personal vulnerability. The perception of the world as meaningless and incomprehensible. They view themselves in a negative light. [2] The experience of victimization may result in increasing fear on the part of the victim, and the spread of fear in the community.

  7. Collective efficacy - Wikipedia

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    e. In the sociology of crime, the term collective efficacy refers to the ability of members of a community to control the behavior of individuals and groups in the community. [1] Control of people's behavior allows community residents to create a safe and orderly environment. Collective efficacy involves residents monitoring children playing in ...

  8. Relational-cultural therapy - Wikipedia

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    Relational-cultural therapy. Relational-cultural theory, and by extension, relational-cultural therapy ( RCT) stems from the work of Jean Baker Miller, M.D. Often, relational-cultural theory is aligned with the feminist and or multicultural movements in psychology. In fact, RCT embraces many social justice aspects from these movements.

  9. Liberation psychology - Wikipedia

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    Liberation psychology or liberation social psychology is an approach to psychology that aims to actively understand the psychology of oppressed and impoverished communities by conceptually and practically addressing the oppressive sociopolitical structure in which they exist. [1] The central concepts of liberation psychology include: awareness ...

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