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    White Collar Crime: Julian Assange. Case Study 2. David Lindsey CRJ 322 Criminal Mind. Professor David Prince. July 22‚ 2015 Abstract: White collar crime is said to be a victimless crime‚ however there is still a lot grey area when comes to the lines in which we see it. From the sociological to the economic impacts of the crimes. Like one case that I will be studying‚ the case of Julian Assange‚ who is one of the founders of WikiLeaks. Here is a case that the U.S has brought before court

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    ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE AND CRIME Page10 Contents Electronic Evidence and Crime 2 Digital Evidence Used 2 How the Evidence was Found 3 How the Evidence was Analyzed 3 The Crime Scene 5 Chain of Custody Concerns 6 Digital Evidence and Admissibility 7 Process for Evidence Used in Legal Proceedings 8 References 9 Electronic Evidence and Crime The improvement in technology is one of the concerns that is both an advantage and an adversity if it lies on the wrong hands in the current and contemporary

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    Written Assignment 1 (Due October 1st ) Rational choice theories are among the fastest growing theories in social science today. Many sociologists and political scientists defend the claim that rational choice theory can provide the basis for a unified and comprehensive theory of social behavior. What distinguishes rational choice theory from other forms of theory is that it denies the existence of any kinds of action other than the purely rational and calculative. All social action can be seen

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    HSC Legal Studies Year 12‚ 2010 Nature of Task: Case Study/Research Assessment Task #1 Topic: Crime The Case of R v King By Haylen Young Legal Citation Regina v King [2004] NSWCCA 444 revised - 7/12/2004 Elements of the offence * Mens Rea The sentencing judge found that it was established beyond reasonable doubt that the respondent‚ after finding out that Flick was pregnant‚ that the course of terminating the offspring by any means in his power‚ either consensual or

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    Problem Identification The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 was created to solve the problem of high crime. To deal with the crime problem in our nation‚ there must be a balance approach between getting tough on the hard-core violent offenders‚ and prevention and treatment for nonviolent offenders‚ all within the context of punishment. The major crimes that were going on in 1994 were the war on drugs‚ gun violence‚ and juvenile violence(book‚ pg.470). It was suggested that police

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    "All men have crimes‚ and most of them are hidden". Do you agree with this statement? As a matter of fact‚ in this modernization and globalization era‚ many people go against the laws to commit the immoral activities such as kidnapping‚ murdering and drug dealing because they are self-centered and they do not care about others’ feeling. Why do people commit crime? Normally‚ people commit crimes because that is what they want to do. Criminal behaviour is a matter of choices. Today‚ there are many

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    Corporate Crime Key Terms *corporate crime: any act committed by a corporation that is punished by the state‚ regardless whether it is punished under administrative‚ civil‚ or criminal law *corporate violence * price fixing: industry leaders set inflated prices & competitors adjust their own prices accordingly *price gouging: when a seller prices items unreasonably high or unfair. *predatory pricing: the or acting of selling a product or service at a very low price‚ intending to drive competitors

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    Prohibition With crime rates reaching new lengths and drugs replacing alcohol‚ the Prohibition Era created more problems than it solved. The Prohibition Era began in 1920 and continued through 1933. It was intended to “decrease the evils of alcohol” (“The Prohibition Era”). Its main goal was to lower crime by bettering our society. Prohibition was suppose to improve the overall health of America. Unfortunately‚ it caused several more issues to arise. Prohibition commenced with the 18th amendment

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    Situational crime prevention (SCP) is “a framework for some practical and commonsense thinking about how to deal with crime” (Clarke 1995‚ cited in Verbruggen 2016). Crime prevention theories assert that there’s components in the environment that can be changed which lessens and manipulates opportunities for offenders to commit crimes. The rational choice theory (Cornish and Clarke 2006‚ cited in Newburn 2012) argues people are free to choose as reasoning individuals; weighs up means and ends; costs

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    ‘THEORIES OF HOW CHILDREN LEARN – LANGUAGE ACQUISITION’ ASSESSMENT 03B/4 PART 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TO LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION 2 MAIN STAGES OF LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 5 NURTURE‚ OPERANT CONDITIONING AND LEARNING THEORY 9 NATURE/NATIVIST THEORY 13 PIAGET’S COGNITIVE THEORY 16 VYGOTSKY AND BRUNER’S COGNITIVE THEORIES 19 CULTURAL RELATIVITY 24 FACTORS THAT AFFECT LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 25 HOW ADULTS CAN PROMOTE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 28 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE

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