Who Commits Occupational Crimes?doi:10.1002/9781118775004.ch7occupational crimewhite-collar crimedemographic characteristicscriminal historiessocial bondsinformal social controlsMichael L. BensonHei Lam ChioJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd
aA tort, in common law jurisdictions, is a civil wrong[1] which unfairly causes someone else to suffer loss or harm resulting in legal liability for the person who commits the tortious act, called a tortfeasor. Although crimes may be torts, the cause of legal action is not necessarily a ...
“Crimes are crimes, no matter who commits them. They need to be reported to and investigated by and prosecuted by the independent professionals in law enforcement. Period. Not a panel of your peers, not by some committee of supervisors and not by other people who have earned the same ...
Democrats who supported it were mostly from five battleground states and said their constituents demanded more border security and supported deportations of migrants accused of crimes. “Anyone who commits a crime should be held accountable. That’s why I voted to pass the Laken Riley Act...
It is not silence we need; it is a public inquiry and policy that makes every public official accountable to the crimes he commits against us. Another Nurnberg. Health has been damaged, lives have been lost, people and countries in dire economic straits. Yet the WHO, its perpetrator, carrie...
by the public authority of the State. To counterfeit, therefore, is in some degree to assume the supreme authority, inasmuch as it is giving a currency to another less valuable piece of metal than that made current by the State. The old laws of England were very severe on this head, and...
Since intent is a mental state, it isone of the most difficult things to prove. There is rarely any direct evidence of a defendant's intent, as nearly no one who commits a crime willingly admits it. To prove criminal intent, one must rely on circumstantial evidence. ...
At the state capitol earlier this year, a bipartisan bill with widespread support within the legislaturewould have added attempted murderto the short list of charges –murder and sex crimes– that are not eligible for diversion. Defense attorneys and reform advocates opposed ...
But it's a very real occurrence called homicidal sleepwalking, insane automatism, non-REM parasomnia, or homicidal somnambulism, in which a person unconsciously commits murder while sound asleep. Cases of sleepwalking murder have appeared as far back as 1846 (namely, the infamous trial of Albert ...
Who prosecutes animal cruelty? Two agencies, Victoria Police and the Office of Public Prosecutions, prosecute most crimes in Victoria. However, the responsibility for prosecuting animal cruelty offences also falls on local councils, two additional government departments and RSPCA Victoria. In fact, RSPC...