"forensic" might cause you to think about the process of working a crime scene. These investigators track down criminals using DNA samples, fingerprints, bloodstains, photos and other clues. So at first, you may wonder how the word "forensic" could ever be joined with the word "accounting." It's not as if you've seen accountants working with the other investigators at a crime scene. However, it really depends on the type of crime. “Auditor should be watchdog and not be the bloodhound”. It’s a
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this could be a hate crime where a specific person is picked out for victimization on the basis of their race or skin color. Domestic abuse case is also an example where the husband or boyfriend targets his wife or girlfriend. Domestic violence typically occurs within the household involving spouses or former spouses or some people in a current relationship. This is even possible among blood relatives. Regarding hate crime, this could be directed at a person or even property, the motivation stemming
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Housing Rates in the city of Jacksonville, Florida tend to vary a great deal between areas of the city; therefore, purchasing a house in this city can prove to be quite a challenge, particularly when the housing market is not booming as it has in the past. To decide in which area to buy a house, one should first consider the different variables affecting the prices of these houses. The Express Estate Agency has recently identified five factors that generally affect housing prices: location, age,
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Greek descent (City of Detroit, n.d.). Due to the diverse population, many factors contribute to crime. Changes of events such as land use, property values, transportation, and retail has been linked to how people’s views of criminal behavior has increased. Throughout the last several decades there have been many changes to the overall functionality of government, unemployment, communities and crime rates of Detroit. Society has a set way of how people should behave and how they should act among
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in committing violent crimes today than in the past? Women were viewed as gatekeepers of social morality and the common fear is that women are changing. Ward and his colleagues relied on to document the nature of women ‘violent offences. They have examined whether and how the characteristics and crimes of incarcerated female offenders have changed. This essay also seek to explain the patterns of stability and change over the last third of the 20th century in women’s crimes of violence and the moral
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Challenges of the Growing Population of Incarcerated Woman: Analytical Review of the Criminal Justice System Corrections/Prison Component Challenges of the Growing Population of Incarcerated Woman While analysis reveals that for the second time in several years the incarcerated populations fell, the populations of females incarcerated across the nations are still raising. As of midyear 2010 the Bureau of Justice Statistic accounted for 748,728 confined adults in city jails and counties across
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is built upon is its right to fair court system and to be judged for any crime that you are suspected in committing. One of these rules which are considered a writ of habeas corpus is basically a law that guarantees that a person or persons that are charged with a crime in the United States shall be brought in front of a court or judge to have the case heard. And also to protect them against illegal imprisonment for the crime that is suspected to be committed. In 1215 when the Magna Carta was written
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it as the process by which large amounts of illegally obtained money (from drug trafficking, terrorist activity or other serious crimes) is given the appearance of having originated from a legitimate source. In Rwanda context, the crime Money Laundering is defined under article 2, paragraph 1 of law no 47/2008 of 09 September 2008 on prevention and penalizing the crime of money laundering and financing terrorism. If it is done successfully, it allows the criminals to maintain control over their proceeds
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PAPER WRITTEN IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE ESSAY CONTEST ON CYBER CRIME BY ONUOHA, MAUREEN CHIZOBA C/O MR. DIKE G. OKORONKWO, PLOT 607 MONSTERRADO STREET, (NEAR RUSSEL CENTRE) WUSE ZONE 4, ABUJA, NIGERIA 2348055954286 27TH MAY, 2005 onuchizoba@yahoo.com INTRODUCTION Over the past twenty years, unscrupulous computer users have continued to use the computer to commit crimes; this has greatly fascinated people and evoked a mixed feeling of admiration and fear
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A City’s Fiscal Status: A Strategic Analysis I. General Approach A. Review the current economic, political and social, environment in which the city operates B. Identify and assess the impact of key factors likely to affect the city’s economic, political and social environment in the next five years C. Assess the city’s current status as revealed in its comprehensive annual financial report (taking into account the city’s reporting practices and policies)
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