Transnational Crimes

Quiz 1 Chapters 1 through 4
Chapters 1: Question # 1 – How do international and transnational crimes differ? International crimes have been described as “crimes against the peace and security of mankind.” International crimes are based on international agreements between countries or on legal precedents developed through history, and include offenses such as genocide, torture, and enslavement of populations. International crimes are crimes that are committed within a country and do not cross into other countries (Dammer, H.R., & Albanese J.S. 2010). Transnational crimes are offenses whose inception, acts, and impact involve more than one country. These crimes usually involve the provision of illicit goods or illicit services, or
In addition, some countries have stricter laws than others and the people of some countries have better discipline than others due to their heritage and strong traditions. However, the crimes do differ from developed and lesser-developed countries. Lesser-developed countries tend to have a lot of everything from property crime to violent crimes. Lesser-developed countries have high homicide rates. This is due to many crimes such as robbery and burglary ending in homicide, this is because laws are less strict and police presents in very small and corruption is high. More developed countries tend to have less violent crimes such as theft of property. This is because of higher police presence and better technology within the police department that allow for criminals to be caught much easier which make criminal think twice. In addition, most developed counties have harsher punishments for petty crimes than lesser-developed countries. Therefore, this would make a big difference between the two types of
Which forced the king to recognize certain of their rights. Other historical developments would have to be the English Bill of Rights in 1689, the Petition of rights in 1628, and the Act of Settlement in 1701. For France, a particular historical development, which had a major effect, was the passage of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizens by the French parliament in 1789, which the basic principles of criminal law in France. For Germany, a particular historical development, which had a major effect, was the constitution of the former West Germany called the Basic Law, which was promulgated in May 1949. For China, under Deng, the Chinese changed from the previous ideals of the “rule of man” to the principles of the “rule of law.” The movement to a more formal legal system with codified laws was also necessary to Deng’s goal of modernizing the economy and increasing contact with the outside world. For Japan, a particular historical development, which had effect , was Japan’s new constitution, called Showa Constitution, which took effect in May 1947, is modeled after the U.S. Constitution and mandates a parliamentary system similar to Great Britain’s. For Saudi Arabia, a particular historical development, which had a major effect, was a document called the Basic Law of Government (nizam) was introduced in 1993, which articulated the