Running head: White Collar Crimes in Basketball White Collar Crimes in Basketball By Willis Blake Jamie Orejan Saint Leo University MBA 510 9-26-08 One of the largest NCAA money fraud schemes in NCAA basketball history occurred in Atlanta, GA on December 2005. A report filed with a federal court in Texas regarding the investment scam indicates that nearly $6 million in assets were connected to Horizon Establishment. In December, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed
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Case Study Cassandra Taylor, an accountant from north London, knows what it’s like to be a victim of identity theft. Five years ago her credit card was cloned, and someone went on a wild spending spree pretending to be her. “I used my card in a petrol station in Wembley on a Tuesday. The following Monday I went to use the credit card and there was no money in my account,” says Cassandra, now 37. “Somebody had been shopping with my card all over Wembley on the Friday and the Saturday, in four or
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Support programs for exchange student in university. Student Name; Institutional affiliation; Date; Q1. - Ideal network of support. International exchange program students from universities may find it challenging to cope with life and education at their new university and country. An ideal network of support is described as a combined set of organs and resources that have been put together by the university to assist the international exchange students adjust to their respective academic courses
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White collar crime is a form of deviance where one has to be in a certain position usually in a corporation or company where they can commit a crime. Corporate crime is when the entire company is involved in criminal acts. The two categories of crimes have distinct differences in that white collar crime is an act/acts that benefit an individual, corporate crime usually benefits the company or corporation. An example of white collar crime would be the case of Marcus Schrenker. Schrenker owned three
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can actually be a hindrance to the investigation.” Also, this online information source poses another challenge because of, “the sheer volume of information and how fast it comes in.” In the article, “Caught Web-Handed” it mentioned many different crimes that have been solved with the aid of social networking sites. One story that stuck out was Robert Powell who was convicted of murdering Joseph Duprey, his friend. In this instance the internet proved a more useful source of information. Investigators
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Accepting Marijuana, What is going on? Unit 4 Proposal John Tesar SOC3400 Unit 4 Draft Marijuana is a hot topic in the United States right now. It is becoming more acceptable as more states legalize it for medicinal purposes. Colorado and Washington have even made it legal for recreational purposes. With this change in the way the law is looking at Marijuana what is changing about the way people in general are looking at it. Marijuana users have been seen as deviant for over 70 years now.
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According to the Oxford Dictionary crime is “an action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable by law” (reference). There are different types of criminal offenses. Crimes are sub-categorized into violent crimes and non-violent crimes. Crimes of violent nature may involve assault, battery, rape, homicide, and kidnapping, to name a few. These types crimes bring either physical or mental harm to a person. Non-violent crimes may involve crimes such as embezzlement, money laundering
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Corporate crime is carried out all over the globe and there are many aspects to the crime. This paper only focused on three reasons why an offender might commit a white collar crime. CEO is the person with power and if he appoints this executive team, hence his team will feel obligated to be loyal to him. The loyalty created strong connectedness between the CEO and the executives, as this bond can be misused by the CEO. David and his manager were able to perform a corporate crime with the help of
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I knew I wanted to study crime in white communities when, I graduated from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, with a degree in Criminology. While attending John Jay, I was introduced to research, all of the research I had been a part of dealt with black males. As a student and a researcher I became aware that something was missing, “what about members of the poor white communities?” Most of the work I did and the discussions that were apart of my courses, all focused on poor black and brown communities
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White-collar crime is a field that is dominated by men, as there is a greater tendency for men to partake in crime with other men (Steffensmeier et al. 2013:454). Gender differences in crime arise from different gendered focal concerns that are attributed to men and women. These focal concerns form social interactions by directing expectations of individuals to criminal behaviours and risk-taking (Steffensmeier et al. 2013:452). Gendered focal concerns that are ascribed to men include: dominance
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