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  • Un Office on Drugs and Crime

    The United Nations Office On Drugs And Crime (Unodc) in 2016 The United Nations Crime Commission that oversees UNODC as a governing body held a thematic debate in May on "Criminal justice responses to prevent and counter terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the […]

  • UN Security Council

    UN Security Council The Council is composed of fifteen member states, five of them permanent members and specified by name in the Charter. These are the United States, Russia (replacing the Soviet Union in 1991), China, the United Kingdom, and France. The rest are elected for two-year terms […]

  • Unicef

    The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) UNICEF supports governments and civil society in some 155 countries to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international standards. UNICEF’s rule of law work includes support to child rights legislative reform; justice […]

  • Transnational Crime

    Transnational crime From a criminological perspective, the concept of 'transnational crime' originates from the mid-1970s when the United Nations used the term in order to identify certain criminal activities which transcend national jurisdictions. In 1995, the United Nations identified […]

  • Transnational Crime

    Transnational crime From a criminological perspective, the concept of 'transnational crime' originates from the mid-1970s when the United Nations used the term in order to identify certain criminal activities which transcend national jurisdictions. In 1995, the United Nations identified […]

  • Crime Facilitators

    Crime Facilitators Crime Facilitators exist It is also known from research that certain conditions in the immediate environment facilitate crime and disorder – drugs, alcohol, guns and other weapons are obvious examples. The removal, or control, of these crime facilitators makes sense (on firearms, see for example Wintemute, 2000) and should contribute to the reduction…

  • 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…

  • Crime Cluster

    Crime Cluster Crime and disorder cluster in ‘hot spots’ There is substantial evidence that crime and disorder tend to cluster in certain places or at certain times (Eck, 1997). Some housing areas are more likely than others to suffer domestic burglary (Mirrlees-Black ef a/, 1998); some stores are more prone to shop theft than others…

  • Crime Cluster

    Crime Cluster Crime and disorder cluster in ‘hot spots’ There is substantial evidence that crime and disorder tend to cluster in certain places or at certain times (Eck, 1997). Some housing areas are more likely than others to suffer domestic burglary (Mirrlees-Black ef a/, 1998); some stores are more prone to shop theft than others…

  • 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 […]

  • Transnational Organized Crime

    Transnational Organized Crime Transnational organized crime (TOC) poses a significant and growing threat to national and international security, with dire implications for public safety, public health, democratic institutions, and economic stability across the globe. Not only are criminal networks expanding, but they also are diversifying their activities, resulting in the convergence of threats that were…

  • Crime Science

    Crime Science The Relationships Between Crime Science and Related Approaches Crime science is particularly closely associated with four other subjects: forensic science, criminology, police science, and medical science. Evidence-based crime reduction Introduction Local problem-solving as a means of crime and disorder reduction has been emphasised in both the United Kingdom and the United States. In…

  • Crime Science

    Crime Science The Relationships Between Crime Science and Related Approaches Crime science is particularly closely associated with four other subjects: forensic science, criminology, police science, and medical science. Evidence-based crime reduction Introduction Local problem-solving as a means of crime and disorder reduction has been emphasised in both the United Kingdom and the United States. In…

  • 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…