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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"White collar crimes"”.
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PROSECUTION AND SENTENCING OF WHITE COLLAR CRIME IN FEDERAL COURT: UNDERSTANDING PATHS AND PROCESSES
The question of whether ‘white collar’ crimes are treated more leniently by society dates to the first use of the phrase by Edwin Sutherland in 1939. One of the most important ways in which this leniency may manifest is in the criminal prosecution and sentencing of violations of law. And yet, the …
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The Upper Big Branch Mine Explosion: Occupational Hazard or Preventable Tragedy; A Look at State-Corporate Crime
<p>Corporate crimes, defined as "illegal and harmful acts committed by officer and employees of corporations to promote corporate interests," have a greater impact on society than many street crimes. Corporate crime includes a range of white-collar crimes that affect employees and consumers. …
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Alternative to state dominated criminal prosecution in Namibia
… process. We have very often witnessed white-collar crimes not being prosecuted in Namibia.
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The investigation of white collar crime in England and Wales and France: a comparative study
The investigation of white collar crime in England & Wales has traditionally been conducted by the police. As the need for specialisation has increased the police forces have responded with the formation of fraud squads. These departments comprise of detective officers who have been trained to …
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Perceptions of crime : a comparative study of Essen, Germany and Malta
… justice system, and their own encounters with crimes. Such research is the key to the development of sophisticated crime prevention measures which are to be sensitive to the specific conditions of different environments in terms of the culture as well as the type of terrain. The study makes use …
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Law and the Culture of Debt in Moscow on the Eve of the Great Reforms, 1850-1870
… as well as the previously unstudied issue of white-collar crime in imperial Russia. I have found that debt was ubiquitous in Russian life, as in other pre-industrial societies in which cash was scarce, incomes erratic, and formal credit institutions insufficient. It was also overwhelmingly …
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Examining the impact of changes in sentencing guidelines and offender demographics on sentencing of white collar offenders
Using the most recent data compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission and conducted within the conceptual framework of the focal concerns perspective, the current study investigates the impact of offender characteristics, case characteristics, and legally relevant factors on the sentencing …