...Federal Prison Comparison Team A CJA/234 Robin Marmon-Instructor September 22, 2014 There are many different types of prisons and federal penitentiaries throughout the Unites States of America and many of them are l out differently but all possess similar regulations as far as visiting, employment and rehabilitative services are concerned. It makes no difference if; you are young or old in age, have medical issues, race or ethnicity, if you commit a crime you are going to serve time in some type of correctional facility or be state property in some form such as; probation or parole. The type of correctional facility that you will be sent to really depends on the level of crime you commit. If it is a superior level crime you will be sent to a correctional facility but if it is a federal offense you will be set to a federal correctional facility which will each have a different level of security based on how extensive the crime is that you committed. Here is an example of a variety of different federal penitentiaries. General Manuel Noriega, former Panamanian Dictator from 1983 to 1989. Noriega is no ordinary man, after High School he had military preparation at Chorizos Military Academy in Peru. In 1962 graduated with an engineering degree. In 1967, he received counterintelligence training at the School of the Americas at Fort Gulick, when it was located in the U.S. Army base in Panama. Later he was also trained in psychological operations at Fort Bragg, North Carolina...
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...Federal Prison Inmate Comparison CJA/234 University of Phoenix Axia Abstract This assignment will include the different types of prisons in the criminal justice system. By comparing and contrasting the prisons in which the named below spent their time in what type of prison and for how long and the crime that sent him or her to prison. Martha Stewart Martha Stewart sent to the Alderson Federal Prison Camp a minium-security prison located in West Virginia also known as camp cupcake. Opened as the first federal prison for women in 1927, Alderson sits on 95 acres and houses 1,055 female prisoners, according to the Bureau of Prisons. Martha Stewart was sentenced to five months. The crimnal charges brought against Stewart was for obstruction of justice and lying to government investigators during an insider-trader probe into the 2001 sale of personal ImClone Systems stock (Money, 2004). Ivan Boesky The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigated Boesky for making investments based on tips, and on November 14, 1986, SEC charged Boesky with illegal stock manipulation based on insider information. Although insider trading of this kind was illegal, they rarely were enforced until Boesky. By cooperating with the SEC; Boesky recieved a plea bargain, Boesky received a prison sentence of 3.5 years and fined $100 million. Boesky served two years than was released. Boesky served his sentence at Lompoc Federal Prison Camp near Vandenberg Air Force Base...
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...Gangs and Organized Crime in the United States Criminal Justice Janaree Nagel 10/15/2011 Gangs and Organized Crime in the United States is on the rise. With the increase in turf wars, position and the financial gains, gang wars and Organized Crime are linked together in many ways. Within this paper, I will show how they are all tied together in. The M-13’s are the largest reported gang controlling large areas of our states. However, the largest area to which the MS-13’s control is within our own capital, Washington D.C. Their leaders rule all the gangs from inside El Salvador. I will discuss other gangs, and their ties into Organized Crime. Gangs and Organized Crime in the United States When I first began this research, I was stunned by the number of gangs that can be accounted for living on US soil. I wasn’t shocked by the type of activities that they are involved in ranging from drug trafficking, carjacking, murder, rape and kidnapping. The news media is constantly reporting the ages to which individuals join a gang, and the reasons behind their becoming involved. Most that join look for acceptance, and are often from families that have one parent, typically run by their mother who represents head of the household. While others join gangs because they believe it will make others respect them. Throughout our course study, we have discussed a number of things concerning the criminal...
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...Karen Dade Ms. Benson US History, Block 4 5 May, 2014 Failure of the Prohibition 18th amendment was doomed to fail from the beginning. Numerous reasons show why it was a failure. Even though intentions were noble, the 18th amendment didn't achieve it's goals but rather caused many problems that it intended to be solved. The 18th amendment was a failing law from the beginning and had given many organized group of criminals power in corruption that caused crime in the U.S. The Volstead Act enforced the 18th amendment by “prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages for consumption" (Sann 62). The Volstead Act had clarify the law. The law had began with any type of intoxicating liquor beverage for example wine or beer over 0.5 percent alcohol. (Sann 62).It had also explained that by owning an item that promoted or tolerated alcohol became illegal. If the law was broken, there was a punishment which could bring you jail time. Even though the government enforced the law, there were many loopholes to drink legally. Citizens were only allowed the use of alcohol if you were prescribed by the doctor. Very large prescriptions were written which did not help the Volstead Act.(Sann 192) It did not help stop people from consuming alcohol. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded and organized in 1874 to encourage the 18th amendment. They were sent by the missionaries to spread the word about temperance. The issue was recognized...
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...Forensic accounting, sometimes referred to as investigative accounting, is a unique career field that combines accounting with information technology. A forensic accountant uses sophisticated computer programs to analyze financial data and find evidence that would be legally valid during a court proceeding. Forensic accountants are often asked to review financial records for mergers and acquisitions. They may also serve as advisers to a corporation’s audit committee or work to resolve shareholder disputes within a company. Increasing number of cheater people and organizations on accounting and result of its economic damages, economic and commercial disagreements and increasing number of misleading enforcements for the users of financial statements (such as Fuzzy Accounting and Creative Accounting) has been caused of existence of Forensic Accounting. It has widespread practice area in developed countries. Forensic Accounting uses techniquies of researching, accounting and inspecting. So Forestic accountants need to have abilities to do that job. In this research I am going to determine most important skills and legal responsibilities of forensic accountants and role of forensic accountants in courtroom. Required and Expected Skills According to AICPA’s CFF Credential Committee’s survey, the most important skills that a forensic accountant should have are; Thinking analytical (It is the main requirement, like medicine knowledge of a doctor.) , being detail-oriented (...
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...GUNDOGDU Professor Name; Dr. ETTA STEED 05/19/2013 05/19/2013 forensic accountant CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS forensic accountant CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS 125/19/20135/19/20135/19/2013 fraud busters In today’s world, it is knows by everyone that different developments were taken place in the last periods. Our globalized world in a state of continuous technological change and innovations has been challenged by new generation criminology risk factors. From business, government, regulatory authorities, and the courts evidence indicates that a higher level of expertise is necessary to analyze current financial transactions and events. Forensic accounting is a specialized area of an accounting practice that describes engagements which results from actual or anticipated disputes or litigations. Forensic accounting has been defined as accounting analyzers that can uncover possible fraud that is suitable for presentation in court. A Forensic accountant needs accounting, law, finance, investigative...
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...to override Wilson’s decision that same day. (Sismondo, 210) This split in the mentality of the U.S. government and display of the spoils system foreshadowed the difficulties that would be associated with enforcing such a radical policy. Numerous authors, historians, and politicians that have studied the Volstead Act have criticized its optimistic view on Americans’ willingness to obey laws, and its overall leniency. For example, alcoholic beverages were still legally allowed to be served as long as they contained .05% alcohol content or less. Saloons were able to remain open and sell what was called “near beer” to consumers. Determining alcohol content could hardly be controlled so this law was easily manipulated by a large number of people. (Behr, 78) It was also legal for alcohol to be consumed in one’s home or in the home of another as long as they were invited as a guest. Wealthy individuals threw parties where they served stockpiled liquor products that were obtained from the months preceding the enforcement of the Volstead Act. These are just some examples of the faults that would shape the next decade in a dramatically different way than Wayne Wheeler could have ever anticipated. Instead of reducing the severity of crimes, the “Noble Experiment” led to the organization of crime and increased violence. Underground speakeasies were established almost immediately where unregulated liquor from bootleggers was sold secretly. Although they were secret, speakeasies attracted...
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...Organized crime has always been occupied with a negative label. Perhaps this is due to the constantly changing environment in America as well as the social state of its homeland, Europe. Our society is convinced that the so-called Mafia is a family of pure criminals, pimps, and murderers. Whatever the opinion, there is no doubt that the Mafia played a big part in the history of America and the way Americans view crime today. “The origins of the secret society known as the Mafia are believed to be as old as the 9th century” (Mafia History). During the 9th century, the Mafia’s main purpose was to strengthen themselves against enemies, which invaded their homeland in Sicily. It was supposed to create a strong feeling of togetherness between all Sicilians. “This idea of family was carried through in the structure of the organization, which had a strong hierarchical layout” (Mafia History). The Mafia is said by many to have perhaps the best system of power, than any other group or government known today. One can compare a physical representation of the family almost to a family tree dated all the way back through many generations. Certain people operated the system, but without the help of the people with the less power, the Mafia would be very weak. To put it another way, a leader cannot lead without followers, and the followers cannot follow without leaders. This is why the Mafia was hard to overcome. Although when many think of the location of the Mafia, Chicago and New York...
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...The 1920s was a decade of tremendous tension between forces of tradition and modernity. This tension was represented in whole by the Scopes Trial. The Scopes Trial was a court case where the Attorney General of Tennessee charged a high school biology teacher named John Scopes for going against the law of not being able to teach Darwin’s theory of evolution in school. Darwin’s theory of evolution stated that complex forms of life, like human beings, developed from simpler forms of life. Darwin’s modern theory clashed heavily with the fundamentalist, or traditionalist, view in the Bible, where God creates humans. The law of not being able to teach Darwinism in public schools was passed in 1925 by the state of Tennessee. The ACLU, or American...
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...Born in Sicily in 1897, Charles "Lucky" Luciano became one of the most famous and well known criminals of the 20th century. Luciano divided New York City into five different crime families, heading the Genovese crime family by himself. He also created The Commission, which was like a governing body for organized crime nationwide. Luciano moved to Havana, but had got kicked out, so he moved to Italy, spending his final years in Naples. He came to the United States with his family in 1906. He was unable to speak English, so he struggled in school. Instead of school, he rather learn about how to make it on the streets of New York. One of Luciano's first schemes was convincing his schoolmates to pay him for protection. If they didn't pay him the...
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...oral text. The Film ‘The Road To Perdition’, directed by Sam Mendes. Is a story where a father and his son travel across the wide and vast country named America. They are on the run from an unrelenting assassin. The film is set way back in the 1930’s America when the country was in the grip of immense gloominess. Embargo was still the law of the land and gangsters like Al Capone were at the height of their power. The audience is forced to plunge into this Underworld of crime as we follow the Sullivan’s on their journey to Perdition. During one of the scenes, Mike senior Hug’s Mike Jnr at the end of the scene with a mid shot shows a connection. The music brings warmth, and the fire in the background shows warmth along with the soft lighting. This shows complexity of the character Mike Sullivan Snr as he is a gangster and part of a mafia. He shows his gangster connections when he is at the warehouse with Connor Rooney, Rooney suddenly shoots Finn and Sullivan guns down Finn's two friends who are also there before they have time to retaliate. Mendes uses a high angle shot from Michael Snr’s point of view when looking down on Mike Jnr at the gate outside the warehouse. This shot helps to Reinforces Sullivan’s dominance and authority over his son as the shot looks down on mike Jnr and makes him feel small and powerless compared to his father. These two shots show complexity of the character Mike Snr as he is trying to be kind and caring to his son in one scene and in the next...
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...real) to voice it. Since in an electoral speech, he cannot reasonably get people on stage to voice his ideas, he personifies ideas by narrating what people told him. His stories are his way of personifying his ideas. The discourse strategy he uses serves to reverse the direction of influence from the people in control to the people controlled (see van Dijk 2003). Duranti (2006b) writes that The language of politics has been presented and studied in terms of its ability to persuade an audience (of peers, subjects, and superiors) to go along with the speaker's view of the world and his or her proposal (Perrot 2000). In much of this literature, the successful political leader is seen as a skillful manipulator who controls a variety of linguistic resources – from elaborate metaphors to paralinguistic features like volume, intonation, and rhythm – through which listeners can be convinced to accept a course of 87 ALESSANDRO CAPONE action (including the action of voting for the speaker). (Duranti 2006b:467) In this paper, I consider the case of an...
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...alcoholic beverages, even if I was always told growing up that it wasn’t necessarily a good thing to do. So I view the 18th Amendment, the prohibition of alcohol, as an amendment that did more harm than good being passed: it infringed on simple drinking rights, it stunted economic growth, and encouraged illegal alcoholic distribution and a rise in criminal activity. Which is why I am glad that the 21st Amendment was introduced to repeal the prohibition of alcohol as a good thing, short and...
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...prove to be powerful in improving relationships. The book is broken down into four main parts: “1) Fundamental Techniques in Handling People, 2) Ways to Make People Like You, 3) How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking and 4) Being a Leader: How to Change People without Giving Offense or Arousing Resentment” (Carnegie, 1936). Leaders in every arena will benefit from the advice given in this book. Great leaders know how to deal with people to be successful, yet it is probably the biggest problem they face. In part one, Carnegie gives some techniques for handling people in a way that will make both people come out of a difficult situation without hard feelings towards each other. Carnegie gives the example of criminals, such as Al Capone and “Two Gun” Crowley who don’t blame themselves for any wrong doing and says that if these criminals think this way, how about normal people we come into contact with? He says “ninety-nine times out of a hundred, people don’t criticize themselves for anything, no matter how wrong it may be”. (p.5) So the first technique a leader should apply is to not criticize people, it will only make the person defensive and strive to justify himself and is “dangerous because it wounds a person’s precious pride, hurts his sense of importance, and arouses resentment” (p.5). Instead he says to give people “honest and sincere appreciation” (p.31). He makes the comparison that you would be committing a crime if you didn’t feed your children for a week...
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...Revenue Law Journal Volume 14 | Issue 1 Article 9 1-1-2004 The Meaning of Income : the Implications of Stone v FCT Braedon Clark Dr Bond University Follow this and additional works at: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/rlj Recommended Citation Clark, Braedon Dr (2004) "The Meaning of Income : the Implications of Stone v FCT," Revenue Law Journal: Vol. 14: Iss. 1, Article 9. Available at: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/rlj/vol14/iss1/9 This Journal Article is brought to you by the Faculty of Law at ePublications@bond. It has been accepted for inclusion in Revenue Law Journal by an authorized administrator of ePublications@bond. For more information, please contact Bond University's Repository Coordinator. The Meaning of Income : the Implications of Stone v FCT Abstract In the recent case of Stone v FCT, the Australian Federal Court had difficulty in determining whether grant payments made to an elite athlete should be characterised as income. Both levels of the Court determined the character of the payment based on a whether or not Ms Stone was carrying on a business or merely pursuing a hobby. This article argues that the distinction between a business and hobby should not blur the interpretation of what constitutes income according to ordinary concepts. The suggested threshold of when voluntary payments received by an athlete will attain the character of income should be when the individual commences commercially exploiting their personal...
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