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    Why do criminals commit another offence after being punished? Our world is full of different kinds of criminal people. The main question what stand before the present community is: Why so often laws are broken by citizens? Every person who behave so‚ has his/her own purposes and causes. It is rational to hope that after punishing person will never commit the crime. That he understood all his mistakes which were made in the past. However‚ frequently it is not so. Why do criminals prefer to go

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    How to Commit Medicare Fraud

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    A How to Manual to Commit Medicare Fraud “Biggest Medicare Fraud in History Busted.” “Dallas Doctor Arrested for Alleged Role in Nearly $375 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme.” These are headlines from www.abcnews.com and a press release from the US Department of Health and Social Services from February 28‚ 2012. The press release continues‚ “The FBI views health care fraud as a severe crime problem. It causes increased costs for consumers‚ tax payers and health insurance plans‚ and degrades

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    Why People Take Heroin

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    infinite amount of reasons why people may take heroin or any other drug for that matter. From personal observations I have noticed that even though the reasons vary by individual there is still a main pattern. I believe most people take heroin because they like the feeling of being drugged. When they are in this state they don ’t have to think about problems. In a way the drug is a diversion from their true feelings and an escape from their ordinary lives. Another reason people may fall into the heroin

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    Why Do People Join Gangs

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    responsible for countless crimes‚ including murder‚ theft‚ vandalism‚ and causing terror within their communities. The question that remains is‚ “Why would anyone want to join a gang?” People join gangs for many reasons. Some of these reason include‚ a sense of “family”‚ protection‚ family tradition‚ or simply to look cool‚ but there are four primary reasons that describe most gang members: Poverty- Most gangs exist because of one reason‚ money. By committing countless crimes of theft and drugs

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    Assignment B – Crime and Crime prevention   ICT has greatly contributed to better crime prevention but has also increased some forms of  crime. Many Internet criminals are using a number of different methods in order to take what  they want from unsuspecting members of the public. There are multiple reasons why criminals  commit crime via the Internet‚ however the most common crimes are the theft of money‚ the  theft of identities or information and finally the damaging of others computers via methods 

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    MSc in Security and Risk Management: Module 1- Crime and Crime Prevention 2767 Words No single theory when considered in isolation has the capacity to fully explain criminal behaviour in contemporary society. To what extent do you agree/disagree? INTRODUCTION The causes of criminal behaviour have been intensively researched over many decades but there is still considerable debate about what it is that makes a person

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    Why People Join Cults

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    Member Characteristics Worldwide‚ there are hundreds of groups defined as ‘cults’‚ each are comprised of many members‚ who are there for personal reasons. The type of people and their assimilation into cult life are similar in many cases. There is no defined group of people who are more susceptible to a cult’s influence. The people joining may be of any race‚ gender‚ economic class‚ level of education‚ or former religion. Those who join cults centered around religions‚ are usually previously affiliated

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    Why People Use Social Networking Sites Petter Bae Brandtzæg and Jan Heim SINTEF‚ Forskningsveien. 1‚ 0314 OSLO‚ Norway pbb@sintef.no Abstract. One of the recent popular social media platforms is the social networking site (SNS). Thus far‚ few previous studies have empirically investigated people’s motivations for SNS usage‚ especially not outside the U.S. This study combines a large-scale quantitative and qualitative research design‚ by asking 1‚200 SNS users an open question regarding their

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    Although many of us studying behavior want to accept the hypothesis; taking vitamins causes crime‚ there are many possible factors we need to consider before confirming the hypothesis to be true. By avoiding the “correlation versus causation fallacy‚” illustrated in the textbook‚ the newspaper article lacks sufficient evidence to conclude vitamins as a cause to the increase in crime reports. By conducting an experimental design‚ researchers can test if there’s any correlation between the two variables

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    Why do we study white collar crime ? Why should we study white collar crime? These are just two questions that are hardly looked over by society. The way to answer these two important questions is to start off with the definition of what is actually a white collar crime. There are two ways white collar crime could be defined. The first way white collar crime could be defined is as “a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in course of his occupation”. This definition

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