White collar crimes are a full range of fraud crimes and is mostly used for financial gain (Find Law 2017). The most common types of white collar crimes that is common is fraud‚ embezzlement‚ tax evasion‚ and laundering (Find Law 2017). Political crime is crimes that injure the state‚ state government‚ and the political system (The Lectric Library 2017). Some of example of political crimes are treason‚ and terrorism (The Lectric Library 2017). Organized crime is crimes in distinct categories that
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Discuss the effect of the Statement of Principles for Financial Reporting on current UK financial reporting practice. The ASC was set up in the 1970’s‚ where at the time there was no clear statement of accounting principles‚ accept that the accounts should be prudent; consistent; follow the accrual accounting procedures and be based on the assumption that the entity would remain a going concern. Up until 1990 standards were set by the ASC; a body made up of six professional accounting bodies
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ACCOUNTING AND FINACIAL REPORTING Group Project FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Due January 30‚ 2013 1. Focused on parts: 2 Balance Sheet and 3 Income Statement 2. Focused on parts: 1 General Information 3. Focused on parts: 4 Evaluation of the Corporation’s Disclosures 4. Focused on parts: ……………… (Although each member may focus on some specific parts for report preparation
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body of rules that defines crime and punishes people convicted of committing crimes is how criminal law is defined. Classification of crimes is based on the extent or type of punishment that can be given. Felony- Imprisonment of greater than a year. Misdemeanor- Fine or imprisonment for not more than a year. Petty offenses or infraction- Traffic or building code violations. A prosecutor must prove the elements of criminal liability in order to convict a person of a crime. The criminal act and the
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strong indication that there are separate entities at work. Hirschy & Wilkinson (2009) point out that due to variations in reporting requirements of each state‚ data is not available every year. As each state expands legislation like Arizona has‚ there is an obvious change in data that could be used for research in order to evaluate the overall effectiveness of mandatory reporting. Even more surprising is the fact that not all states mandate the same criteria for specified reporters or offer varying
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Crime in America has been on the decline since 1992 when crime was at an all time high. There was gun a gun control law and an increase in incarceration‚ giving people way longer sentences for small offenses. The gun control law made it harder for people to get their hands on weapons and the increase of incarceration made people scared to commit crimes cause the fear of getting harsh sentences. Also there was a boom in the economy that help also. With P. Bill Clinton passing the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
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What Is Cyber Law? A group of petitioners in Philippines‚ consisting of lawmakers‚ bloggers and students‚ have sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) on the country’s implementation of its Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012--making it the sixth filed against the controversial legislation. According to GMA News Online on Monday‚ the petition centered on the definition of online libel stated in the law‚ specifically sections 4‚ 5 and 6‚ which the petitioners say are "unconstitutional due to
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victims do not report incidents. However‚ the chances of the victim reporting an incident depends on the specific incident‚ the extent of physical harm‚ police department‚ city‚ race‚ income gender etc. To elaborate‚ a violent crime is more likely to be reported in comparison to theft crimes. The victim may be hesitant on reporting if they resisted with a weapon and caused harm during the altercation. Victims that deal with crimes involving their vehicles could determine whether or not he or she wants
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Crime victims are a very integral part of the criminal justice system. When a crime occurs‚ it is the victim who is affected first‚ who has a first-hand account of the attack other than the offender. It is the victim who can start to point police in the right direction‚ who can give them an account of what happened‚ a description of their attacker or the offender if possible and even provide valuable evidence and clues as to not only what the offender did‚ but why the offender did it and what exactly
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Research Paper The 1920s was a decade of optimism that followed World War I. After World War I America had emerged as the most powerful country. Three major events in the 1920s are Prohibition which started in 1919‚ the Scopes Trial of 1925‚ The Crash of the Stock Market in 1929‚ Economic success which lead to the stock market crash which was a big tragedy for many. Another name for the Scopes Trial was the “Monkey Trial.” The trial began in the city of Dayton. The Scopes Trial was the biggest event
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