...Cases For Theft Morris (1984) D swapped labels in supermarket, assuming the rights of the owner, and went to pay for the product at the till for a lower price; d does not have to assume all the rights of the owner Pitham and Hehl (1977) d planning to sell v's furniture and offered to do so without v's knowledge; it did not matter that the furniture had not yet been removed from the house, because d was assuming rights of the owner by offering to sell it to people Lawrence (1972) Italian student gave wallet to taxi driver to take fare, and he took more than he was owed; there was appropriation - even though the student had offered the wallet, they could not have consented Gomez (1993) D and others asked to supply stolen goods from shop in return for two stolen building society cheques, manager believed cheques were already authorised, bank dishonoured cheques; d appealed against conviction on basis manager had authorised the use of the cheques, but appeal dismissed Galasso (1993) D was a nurse responsible for v and managed their affairs, d opened a new trust account and paid in a cheque for v; it was held that taking property without owner's consent was appropriation regardless of the owner's mental state, but in this case there had been no appropriation Mazo (1997) d cashed cheques to the value of £37,000 and taken other valuables from 89 year old employer, argued they were gifts, but prosecution argued she had taken advantage of the vulnerability of v; jury...
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...Analyze the impact of two pieces of crime and disorder legislation D1- Evaluate the impact of one piece of crime and disorder legislation Mentioned the impact on the victim, society and communities and the transport police but could do with more detail and facts or references statistics. The Theft Act This is taking the property of another without the intension to give it back; this can have an impact on the victim as they’re without their property whatever it may be (car, phone, wallet, game) or any other property. The person then becomes deprived and feels insecure in case of any other incidents that may occur and they find themselves to be in the same situation, there’s many different types of theft such as robbery, theft, burglary, aggravated burglary. The theft Act is dishonestly taking a belonging from one person and treating it as their own to sell to a third person or do whatever they please with It, theft has a great overall impact on society and communities shoplifters for an example are dishonestly taking produce and products this has an impact on the business owners and citizens could have to do without certain items. Another type of theft could be metal theft this could be taking certain metal from public buildings such as churches, war memorials and other public building such as schools which can cause a health and safety risk and be costly to replace. This impacts the whole community if places of worship are targeted as...
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...Team INFINITY Campus theft is theft of personal property on campus or the stealing of property which belongs to the College. Theft is the most common crime on American college campuses. All campus community members are potential victims, and we each have a responsibility to protect ourselves. By looking out for ourselves and each other, we can help eliminate campus theft. Many other reasons for increased theft on campus is numerous security issues and risks. The problem statement that Team INFINITY has come up with is identifying various security risks that lead to increased theft on campus. There are plenty of solutions to prevent this problem from happening. However, strategically placing security features will help prevent crime and theft from occurring on ITT Technical Institutes campus. Team INFINITY’s solution statement for this problem is using cameras throughout the parking lot and within the school building to record activity to prevent any criminal activity. However, organizing a student security council that includes a higher student responsibility to help prevent simple thefts from happening. A budget of $5,000 dollars was provided by ITT Technical Institute to help prevent crime on campus. Crime prevention starts with student responsibility. Some of our theft on campus comes from students not being responsible for their belongings. Students leave their car doors unlocked thinking that no one will check to see if the car door is open. Students of...
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...Elizabeth Shreve September 20, 2015 Eng 111 4-5:15 Professor Roof Paper 1 Prosecution in the Virtual World Many online gamers will pay for virtual items with real money. Some people want laws in effect for the real world to protect their rights to their belongings. Theft in the virtual world occurs quite often. In an article titled, “Should Gamers be Prosecuted for Virtual Stealing?” the author Alex Weiss calls out a young teenage boy who is being prosecuted for stealing in a video game. It seems to be a legal blunder that is very straight forward, but becomes a heated debate. It begins with the argument should we prosecute a gamer for stealing via the virtual world? Alex Weiss is correct in saying that prosecution for virtual theft is wrong in the scheme of things, because each player reacts differently to behaviors. Even though a person is a “raider” in a game, it doesn’t make them a criminal in the real world. Weiss opens up his article with, “As a reformed online gaming thief, this ruling makes no sense to me. It places too much value on the time people spend playing video games. Video games are not work or investments for which people should be compensated; they are escapism.” (Alex Weiss) Some may say that time is money, but that may not be the case. The productivity in the game is what makes each individuals’ time valuable. Therefore compensation for piracy of an object that does not exist would place the value of the time spent to gain a merely...
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...Unauthorized Use of a Motor Vehicle Driving Without a License Unlawfully Using All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV’s) Taking Parents or Friends Car without Permission 1A A juvenile is a minor, usually between the age of 12-19, Neglecting and abuse, Offending-17 2A Theft/Larceny Shoplifting, Stealing a Bicycle, Stealing from Backpacks and Lockers 10A School Disciplinary Offense Disrupting Class, Food Fights and Cheating, Violating the Dress Code 11A Traffic Violations Speeding or Failing to Yield, Not Wearing a Seat Belt Riding in the Back of a Pickup Truck 12A Criminal Trespass Entering a Vacant Building, Entering Land or a Dwelling, Without Permission, Returning to a Store After Being Banned 13A Mischief/Criminal Trouble Damaging a Mailbox, Egging or Toilet-papering a House, Picking Flowers in a Restricted or Private Area 6A Simple Assault or Battery Bullying when it Amounts to Assault Child/Parent Physical Disagreements Shoving or Pushing a Person 5A Disorderly Conduct Fighting in a Public Place, Cursing at a Teacher, Flashing 4A Alcohol Offenses Underage Purchase or Possession Underage Consumption of Alcohol Providing Alcohol to Underage Persons, Possessing an Open Container in Public/Car 3A Vandalism Tagging and Graffiti, Drawing on Public Restroom Walls, Keying a Car and Cutting Auto Tires 7A Tobacco Offenses Illegally Purchasing Tobacco, Chewing or Smoking...
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...Intellectual Property Theft in the Automotive Industry Scope, Trends, and Mitigating Strategies Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..3 Scope of Intellectual Property Theft………………………………………………………3 Intellectual Property Theft and China……………………………………………………..4 Intellectual Property Theft in the Automotive Industry…………………………………...5 The Subtle Pick-Off……………………………………………………………….5 Piracy and China’s Global Emergence…………..………………………………………..6 Consequences of IP Theft…………………………………………………………………7 Mitigating Strategies………………………………………………………………………7 The Autoweb Intellectual Property Exchange…………………………………………….8 Fusion-DX………………………...………………………………………………9 GlobalSource………………………………………………………………….…..9 Data Integration Services……………………………………………………….…9 GlobalSource...………………………………………………………………….…9 Integrated Translations…………………………………………………………….9 Autoweb Company Overview……………………………………………………10 Bibliography………………………………………………………..……………………11 www.autoweb.net 2 Introduction I ntellectual Property protection in the manufactured goods sector is not a new idea. Laws prohibiting manufactured goods counterfeiting and piracy activities existed as far back as the Middle Ages when bakers, artisans, and craftsmen used distinctive marks to distinguish their products and work from would-be counterfeiters. The general problems associated with modern day counterfeiting and intellectual property piracy have long been recognized, yet today’s high-tech economy has magnified the problem of...
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...Alexander Palmer Second Article Critique: TSA now searching cars at airports Discuss the author's main argument/position and whether you agree/disagree with it. Include your rationale, not simply a review of the article. The author Lance Johnson’s position on this article is whether or not the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) really has the best interest of the people at hand and if they are actually keeping us safer. In the end I think Lance’s main argument is to completely abolish the entire corrupt TSA agency. After reading this article, and having personal experience dealing with the TSA at airports, I tend to agree quite heavily with Lance. I believe the TSA is another bloated bureaucracy that is violating our rights, and I too, like Lance, think it should be abolished. Include assumptions made by the author. Some assumptions I think that Lance makes is that the TSA as a whole are all thieves and that they control the valet security to search all vehicles. He states all the theft that takes place by the TSA, but seems like he assumes the entire agency does it. Even though I doubt he believes that, but he fails to mention that in his article. I myself am not a fan of the TSA, but I do believe there are some good people within the agency. Lance also follows the same rhetoric with the vehicle searches and comes off as if all valet security do these type of searches at all airports across the country. I doubt whether the valet security...
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...ended up with 72 boxes being opened. The Police made a mistake in this case when they received the alarm signal and they didn’t treat it as is supposed to be which is to send a patrol car to the area to make sure nothing happened and everything is under control. In my opinion if the police would took the alarm serious and they sent a car there to patrol and see if something is wrong they would prevent this of happening and also their reputation wouldn’t be affected. There could be a reason for their mistake such as a human mistake but having in fact that they are the ones that protects and serve the public such mistakes shouldn’t be made. The consequences of the police mistake in this case had a great impact on the public because they think that the police service is not as efficient as it supposed to be. Also the people that boxes got robbed are going to complain because they are paying taxes to the council in order for the police to get paid and knowing that they didn’t do nothing to prevent this from happening will create a bad view of the public on the service. The public also will have a question mark when it comes to think if someone will try to rob their houses and the alarm goes on and nobody shows up. I would like to think that even if the alarm is a non-emergency one a police car patrolling the area...
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...Essay 5 Are you a victim of employee theft? Did you know that employee theft has cost from small businesses to major Fortune 500 companies over $37.14 billion in 2010 alone? Fraud against business includes the theft of physical assets such as cash or inventory. Essentially there are two types of inventory fraud: physical loss and financial statement fraud. Inventory shrinkage is the term use in accounting to describe the loss of inventory. Loss of inventory might be due to shoplifting, employee theft, damage, etc. Inventory fraud can occur in any company. Nearly 50% of retail inventory shrinkage comes from employee theft. Dr. Hollinger, who conducts the National Retail Security Survey, reported that shrinkage (as mentioned before) has cost the retail industry $37.14 billion in 2010. Shrinkage is divided into employee theft (43.7%), shoplifting (32.6%), administrative error (12.9%) and vendor fraud (5.4%). While is really hard for a manager or CFE to determine who can steal from a company you have to keep in mind that everyone with the right motives can steal from you. Even a longtime employee who has always been on time and loyal to the company may be tempted to commit theft due to recent live event such as a divorce, not enough money to send kids to college, etc. others do it simply because of greediness. I work for a mid-size property management company in Rockville, MD. The executive director, accountant and secretary where fired last month because they were stealing money...
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...Han Le Dr. Holly Elliott ENC 1101-15228 2 December 2015 Argumentation Essay In today’s society crime is increasing every day and the types of crime are changing. It seems more and more that crimes of identity theft and organized crime are on the rise. I am writing this to let you know more about crime and theft rates. One of the most difficult problems of our society is robbery. Robbery can occur almost anywhere at anytime, especially on the streets. Many states define robbery as theft accomplished by violence or the threat of violence. Guns are the most deadly weapons that can be used by the thief, which can cause the victim to suffer and injuries. Some thieves even kill the person after robbing their belongings. (According to the 2006 FBI Uniform Crime Reports, 447,403 robberies were reported to the police at the rate of one per minute in the United States. Robberies varied according to region with the Southern States having the highest percentage of 38.3%, the Western States 23.6%, the Northeastern States 18.5%, and the Midwestern States at 19.5%.) Society sees criminal justice as an officer making an arrest or patrolling the streets. Society does not realize that the criminal justice system has a government type structure, has goals, and is made up of three components. These components include the Police, Courts, and the Correction system. Each one of these components has its own function and purpose. The police enforce the law, arrest offenders, decrease...
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...Animal Complaint-Dead Animal Animal Complaint-Deer Related Animal Call Animal Destroyed by Police Animal Complaint/Deer Related Animal Complaint/Barking Dogs Animal Complaint/Dog Bite Animal Complaint/Animal Bite Animal at Large (Stray Dog) Animal at Large (Other Complaints) Animal-Dogs Defecating Applicant Firearm Applicant Police Auxiliary Applicant Taxi / Limo Applicant All Others Assist Motorist Assist Other Agency A.T.R.A. Attempt to Serve Warrant Attempt to Serve Restraining Order Attended Death Aviation Accident Back-up Other Officer Back-up Other Agency Beat Check Bicycle Stop Blocked Driveway Boating Incident Bomb Scare Building/Business Check Building Code Violations Building/Business Check Open Door Car Wash CCH / III Request Checked Road Conditions (Weather) Child Safety Seat Installation Child Custody Dispute Church Crossing Civil Defense Test Civil Dispute Computer Issue – Vehicle Computer Issue – Desktop Community Policing Detail Consumption of Alcohol in Public Places Construction Hour Violation Canvassing Without Permit Counterfeiting Court - Municipal Court - Superior Court - Federal Court - Other Municipality Courtesy Transport; Take Out, Enter Under (“Transport”) Crossing Guard Crossing Guard- Open Post DARE Assignment Dead Animal; Take Out Already Covered Death DOA Death Accidental Death Attended Death Natural Death Suspicious Death Unattended Desk Assignment Desk Coverage...
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...Internet to expedite and conceal both traditional and purely digital crimes. The Internet has aided criminal activity. Cybercrime, hacking, blackmailing, fraud, theft and extortion; these are the first few types of crimes come into our mind when we are presented with the words “technology” and “crime”. We all have been prone to the nuisance caused by any of these crimes at least once, as almost everyone these days has access to the computer and the internet. (Shahid, 2011) Crime has existed as long as humans and will only become extinct with us because offending and violating laws is defined as crime, and laws are created by man. No one can deny that technology has elevated crime rates and has even given birth to a variety of new crimes. Cell phones, email and instant messaging have facilitated the criminals into “doing their job” by lessening their communication gap to only seconds. Criminal masterminds from different countries no longer have to sit in the same conference room and plot, with the fear of any law enforcement agency locating their secret meeting place. All they have to do is either talk to each other on their cell phones using conference calling and send and receive written and graphical information on the same device, or simply send an email. This is one of the major reasons why crimes such as car theft, robbery, stalking and terrorism have mounted, according to a statistical report by police departments from England, USA and Australia. (http://theessayblog.wordpress...
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...These thefts are as follows: Petit Theft, Grand Theft, and Auto Theft. Then are other property offenses such as Vandalism, Arson, Criminal Trespass and Burglary. Some common characteristics for all the thefts are that people commit a theft or shoplift in the intent to potentially use the product they stole. Depending on the price and object it can either become a Petit Theft or Grand Theft. With Auto Theft, it’s one of two ways, one, the person steals the car with the intent to hurt or use for violence, and two, the person just steals it just to steal it without hurting anyone. With the other listed property crimes I have, they mostly deal with property with land, a house, building or anything that can be...
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... John and Gilbert to commit the robbery that is an illegal act, and for dishonesty, they intentionally assist the robbery, Peter is responsible for arranging a car for escaping and John is responsible for pretend to be a customer in order to divert the attention of the manager. So both Peter and John have committed the offence of Conspiracy To Rob, the agreement that Peter, John and Gilbert form and their act of assisting the robbery are actus reus. The intention of assist in the robbery and dishonesty are mens reas. Conspiracy To Robbery refers to s.159A of Crime Ordinance and s.10 of Theft Ordinance. Although John never participated in the actual robbery, he should still be committing Conspiracy To Robbery because he is in joint enterprise to commit the offence with other robbers, which each is responsible for the acts the other did, technically saying they have common design. Sze Kwan Lung & Others v HKSAR (2004) 3 HKLRD 328: foresaw as a possible incident of the execution of joint enterprise. So John is still in Principal liability of committing Conspiracy To Robbery. Peter borrow a car form David day before the robbery, and Peter call the police 5 minute after the robbery and claim that David’s car was being stolen by others on the day before the robbery. Peter had given the police false report that the car was being stolen, which he actually borrowed it to commit other crime. Referring to s. 64 of Police Force Ordinance: any person knowingly makes or causes to be...
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...Discuss employee theft, how employees steal from their employers, the different levels of employee theft and possible employers’ responses to employee theft. Employees theft continues to be a challenge for any employer in the US. For example, we can read in the National Retail Security Survey, 2013 (1) that “employee theft still constitutes the largest majority of losses at 43.9 percent or approximately $15.1 billion, followed by shoplifting, which makes up 35.7 percent of shrink or $12.3 billion.” Therefore, it is not a surprise that such huge losses are one of the biggest problems that employers are facing in the today’s economic environment or have always faced for that matter. Employee theft is manifesting in different ways but, somehow, a theft done by a low-level worker is almost always comes first to our minds when we hear about this form of white-collar crime. However, we should not forget that any person who is paid by an individual, an owner or a business is an employee by the definition; therefore, a highly paid manager or a CEO can also commit a theft. According to the book Trusted Criminals by David O. Friedrichs, page 114, “executives and managers are responsible for the largest proportion of losses business suffer at the hands of employees.” In the above-mentioned book we can read examples where lower level employees can embezzle significant sums of money or property. In one case, a Goldman Sachs secretary managed to embezzle at least $7 million by forging...
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