KPMG INTERNATIONAL Issues Monitor Cyber Crime – A Growing Challenge for Governments July 2011‚ Volume Eight kpmg.com John Herhalt Global Chair‚ Government Keeping up to date with the very latest and most pressing issues facing your organization can be a challenge‚ and while there is no shortage of information in the public domain‚ filtering and prioritizing the knowledge you need can be time consuming and unrewarding. I hope that you find Issues Monitor useful and we welcome
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Has there ever been an obstacle in the way of doing what you’re passionate about? If so‚ then you understand how I feel about the laws against skateboarding. When it becomes necessary for someone to become independent from these laws‚ then action must be taken. I shouldn’t have to stop a harmless‚ recreational activity just because of small unimportant reasons. How would you feel if you were singing or dancing‚ or whatever you enjoy doing‚ and was fined‚ or asked to leave the premises. That’s how
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Knife crime: Teenagers back custodial sentences By Robin Chrystal BBC News Youngsters back tough sentences for knife crimes Continue reading the main story Related Stories More serious offenders face life Knife crime rises by 8% in London Any 16 or 17-year-olds caught carrying knives will be given custodial sentences under government plans. But what do teenagers at a London event aimed at cutting youth crime make of it? Benjamin Akande knows exactly how it feels to be threatened with
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Crime is an unfortunate part of many people’s lives - both for the victim of the crime and also the suspect. There are many theories as to why crimes happen‚ who commits the crimes‚ and why crimes happen to certain people. Not all crimes can be solved‚ or questions answered but these theories give a peek into the thinking or background behind some crimes that are committed. Social process theory believes that individuals are socially conditioned into or against crime (Siegel‚ “Social
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The greatest crime against humanity. It is not a surprising fact to see how many women today are getting pregnant at a very young age. According to the figures‚ 6.4 billion women get pregnant each year in the world. The problem is that almost 60% of them are unwanted‚ and therefore‚ expectant mothers choose to interrupt their pregnancy prematurely. For this reason‚ the whole issue of abortion has become a controversial and widely discussed subject throughout the world. Thus‚ it has led to different
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Defining Environmental Crimes Environmental crime is a serious and growing concern at national as well as international level‚ and one which takes many different forms. Environmental crime in broad terms means an act which is committed with the intention of damaging or causing damage to the ecological and biological systems to ensure business or personal benefit. The types of acts commonly recognised as environmental crime are: pollution or other contamination of air‚ land and water; illegal discharge
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In today’s world‚ there are horrible crimes being committed every day at a higher rate in different parts of the world. With the Boston marathon bombing being one of the latest. What has become of our society? When will this all end? Have we just reached a stage in our so called evolution where we revert to becoming unthinking‚ uncaring barbarians with no conscience‚ driven by sex‚ drugs and greed? Because of horrific crimes like these each year According to Wikipedia “In 2012‚ 43 inmates
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Introduction Fear of Crime in members of our society today has been widely researched. For the purpose of this essay‚ fear of crime is used in the context of an individual’s perceived risk of becoming a victim of crime. In this essay it is argued that the elderly and the youngest members of our society are the most fearful of crime and that‚ of these age groups the elderly have the lowest risk of becoming victims of crime. Firstly‚ research shows that fear of crime is wide spread and that certain
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Causes of crime • Race‚ ethnicity‚ and immigration- There is a relationship between race and crime. Ethnically/racially diverse areas probably have higher crime rates compared to ethnically/racially homogeneous areas. Most studies on immigrants have found higher rates of crime. However‚ this varies greatly depending on the country of origin with immigrants from some regions having lower crime rates than the indigenous population. • Early life Pregnancy- Maternal smoking during pregnancy is
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CIS170 Crime Theories Professor Randy Smith January 24‚ 2012 The purpose of this paper is to select one (1) of the theories suggested to be the cause of digital crime and explain the theory in your own words as it relates to crime in general‚ and describe why the theory chosen could be recognized as the most relevant in terms of being a cause of digital crime. Differential-association theory: Edwin Sutherland coined the phrase differential association to address the issue of how people learn
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