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  • Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime

    Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime Preface of the Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime “N THE 2000s, white-collar crime has become a topic of almost daily news. The white-collar crime that caused the bankruptcy of Enron Corporation resulted in financial losses exceeding $66 billion to stockholders, and likely helped lead to the recall of…

  • Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime

    Encyclopedia of White-Collar & Corporate Crime Preface of the Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime “N THE 2000s, white-collar crime has become a topic of almost daily news. The white-collar crime that caused the bankruptcy of Enron Corporation resulted in financial losses exceeding $66 billion to stockholders, and likely helped lead to the recall of…

  • Corporate Crime

    Corporate Crime Corporate Crime Worldwide and in the United States in 2013 More companies than ever are affected by theft and fraud. In interviews with 901 executives worldwide last summer, Kroll found that more companies than ever were affected by theft and fraud in the previous twelve months. Among U.S. executives, 66 percent said their…

  • Crime

    Introduction to Crime Crime, commission of an act or act of omission that violates the law and is punishable by the state. Crimes are considered injurious to society or the community, as distinguished from torts (see Tort) and breach of contract. As defined by law, a crime includes both the […]

  • State Crime

    State Crime Chambliss, in an article, [1] defines state crime as “acts defined by law as criminal and committed by state officials in the pursuit of their job as representatives of the state,” and he adds that state crime does not include acts “that benefit only individual officeholders.” Resources Notes 1. Chambliss, W. J. (1989).…

  • State Crime

    State Crime Chambliss, in an article, [1] defines state crime as “acts defined by law as criminal and committed by state officials in the pursuit of their job as representatives of the state,” and he adds that state crime does not include acts “that benefit only individual officeholders.” Resources Notes 1. Chambliss, W. J. (1989).…

  • Environmental Crime

    Environmental Crime Environmental Crime: Factors for Presecution in the United States Introduction to Factors to be Considered Where the law and evidence would otherwise be sufficient for prosecution, the Attorney for the Department should consider the factors contained herein [1], to the extent they are applicable, along with any other relevant factors, in determining whether…

  • Environmental Crime

    Environmental Crime Environmental Crime: Factors for Presecution in the United States Introduction to Factors to be Considered Where the law and evidence would otherwise be sufficient for prosecution, the Attorney for the Department should consider the factors contained herein [1], to the extent they are applicable, along with any other relevant factors, in determining whether…

  • Corporate Espionage

    Overview of Corporate Espionage in relation to cyber crime: [1]In today's global marketplace a corporation's reputation and trademark brand recognition may also be a prime target of sabotage combined with corporate espionage. For example, damaging manufacturing apparatus or […]

  • Corporate Espionage

    Overview of Corporate Espionage in relation to cyber crime: [1]In today's global marketplace a corporation's reputation and trademark brand recognition may also be a prime target of sabotage combined with corporate espionage. For example, damaging manufacturing apparatus or […]

  • Cybercrime

    Cybercrime is one of the fastest-growing criminal activities on the planet. Cybercrime is defined as the use of any computer network for crime and the high-tech criminals of the digital age have not been slow to spot the opportunities. The scope of the definition becomes even larger with […]

  • Encyclopedia of Cybercrime

    Encyclopedia of Cybercrime List of Entries and Authors ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT : authored by Marianne Buehler ONLINE ADDICTION : authored by Kelly Socia and Kevin J. McCarthy ADULT ENTERTAINMENT AND PORNOGRAPHY : authored by Michael J. Kozak ARPANET : authored by Eric Walter ATTACK VECTORS : authored by Paul Lepkowski BANKING ONLINE : authored by Daniel…

  • Careers in Investigating Cybercrime

    Careers in Investigating and Preventing Cybercrime Overview of Careers in Investigating and Preventing Cybercrime in relation to cyber crime: [1]In 2008 the vast majority of employment opportunities having to do with investigating and preventing cybercrime were in rather large government […]

  • Careers in Investigating Cybercrime

    Careers in Investigating and Preventing Cybercrime Overview of Careers in Investigating and Preventing Cybercrime in relation to cyber crime: [1]In 2008 the vast majority of employment opportunities having to do with investigating and preventing cybercrime were in rather large government […]

  • Cybercrime Attacks

    Overview of Cybercrime Attacks in relation to cyber crime: [1]Today hundreds of millions of computers are simultaneously connected to the Internet. This along with weak (although improving) information security practices by organizations and computer users throughout the world make major […]