presence of a suitable target (FELSON, 2003 & YAR, 2005). The analysis of the AWB scandal will consider the three elements together with cultural variability. The routine activity theory is conventionally used in the explanation of the predatory, violent crime where it indicates that normally there is one motivated offender, which varies from a single suitable target. However, when applied to bribery, this theory must be adapted since in the act of bribery, all the parties involved in facilitating the occurrence
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other income depriving factors such as teenage pregnancy or single parent homes or may be receiving governmental assistance to help make ends meet. The living arrangement in these areas can mean more exposure to violence and other crimes. If the area has a higher crime rate it is natural that the people within that demographic would experience and increase in contact and
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Sunita Kalpee Week 2 Written Assignment The Case that I chose was one about Mortgage Fraud in Hawaii. The lenders foreclosed 12, 340 properties in Hawaii last year. Even the FBI has charged several people with this fraud. The control issues that were compromised were the proper estimation of real estate that was pledged for the mortgages. If the values of the properties had been assessed properly and their future values not considered this fraud would not have taken place. The borrowers do
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Abstract This paper will explore three published articles that report the results from research conducted on Native American reservations, specifically their relationship with the criminal justice system. The topics that will be discussed include rape, structural disadvantages and Native American violence, and finally how society views these issues through the context of difference, inequality, and division. Native Americans have been the victims of oppression since Europeans came to North
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Go to the following website and complete the chart on 3 different white collar criminals of your choice. http://www.biography.com/people/groups/white-collar-criminals/ Name | Jeff Fort | Walter Forbes | Nicholas Leeson | Birth Date & Death Date | 1947- | 1943- | 1967- | Crime Committed | Drug dealer/Organized crime | Former chairman of the Cendant Corporation, Walter A. Forbes is best known as the man behind the largest accounting fraud of the 1990s. | Nicholas Leeson is best known for
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Lysine Scandal Levi Cushing Bus 670 Legal Environment Dr. Jason Lum January 19th, 2015 Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) was started in 1902 as a small linseed crushing business. As time moved forward ADM began acquiring other small agricultural companies. As more and more time move forward ADM began to branch into other parts of the agricultural business and added more and more products that they deal with. In 2015 ADM has grown to have several joint ventures and owning several other smaller
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Assess the View that Crime is Functional, Inevitable and Normal. (21 marks) Within the sociological perspectives of crime and deviance, there is one particular approach which argues that crime is functional, inevitable and normal. This sociological perspective, of Functionalism, consists of Durkheim’s work on crime and deviance. His main argument was that ‘crime is normal’ and that it is ‘an integral part of all healthy societies’. This perspective views crime and deviance as an inevitable feature
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to explain the causative agents of criminal behaviour and crime in general (Akers, 2012). The theory advanced by Sutherland, and Donald attempts to explain how the associations that on involves themselves in help define their good habits or criminal behaviours. Secondly, Travis propounds in his theory of Social Bond how the level of bonding with society will or will not influence criminal behaviour. Thirdly, Robert Merton’s theory of crime inclines itself toward biological factors and social structures;
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types of crimes committed in such cases and the penalties that are faced with the various types of theft that involve public funds. Examples of cases are discussed to help give the reader an idea of the situations that arise and the consequences that come along with them. There also is a brief explanation of what can be done to help prevent these crimes throughout small and large companies. Introduction Charges of public corruption can destroy a person's career and public image. White-collar crimes
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Members of the police force are government officials who enforce the laws and maintain order. They are engaged in a dangerous and stressful occupation that can involve violent situations that must be controlled. In many of these confrontations with the public it may become necessary for the police to administer force to take control of a situation. Sometimes this force takes the form of hand-to-hand combat with a suspect who resists being arrested. The police do have strict guidelines to follow when
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