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  • International Cybercrime Laws

    International Cybercrime Laws and Agreements Overview of International Cybercrime Laws and Agreements in relation to cyber crime: [1]Given these challenges, how can national interests be safeguarded in the face of differing international interests and priorities? How can individual […]

  • Cooperation against Organized Crime

    Cooperation against Organized Crime Build International Capacity, Cooperation, and Partnerships against Transnational Organized Crime Sustainable progress against transnational organized crime (TOC) requires both political commitment and effective law enforcement and criminal justice capacities on a worldwide basis. Transnational organized crime threatens the security and well-being of people around the world and jeopardizes the functioning of…

  • 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…

  • List of Crimes

    Hello Hello List of Crimes and Felonies The following is a comprehensive list of crimes, felonies and misdemeanors. List of Less common crimes: Abandonment of wife Accidental criminal, situational criminal Assault with intent to commit rape Bone trade Car cloning Chantage (blackmail), form of blackmail Child Exploitation, child exploitation Click job Clothing theft Complicity in…

  • List of International Organized Crime Entries

    List of International Organized Crime Entries Main Entries Albanian organized crime (Albania) Triads (China) Medellà­n Cartel (Columbia) Indian mafia (India) Yakuza (Japan) Bratva (Russia/Ukraine) Transnational organized crime: the list Note: see List of United States Organized Crime Entries here. List of International Organized Crime Entries starting with A Arturo Acuna (see Operation Foxhunt) Patrick Adams…

  • Nature of Crime

    The Nature of Crime Definition of a Crime See Crime definition in this Encyclopedia and in the legal dictionary. Criminal Law Criminal law is the body of laws that prohibit and punish acts that injure people, property, and the entire community. These laws protect people and property, maintain order, and preserve standards of public decency.…

  • Crime against international law

    Crime against international law   1 Advancing International Criminal Law : The Special Court for Sierra Leone Recognizes Forced Marriage as a ‘New’ Crime against Humanity Micaela Frulli Journal of International Criminal Justice Volume 6, Number 5, November 2008 p.1033-1042 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 2 Gender, Persecution, and the International Criminal Court : Refugee…

  • International criminal law: Organized Crime and Narcotics

    International Criminal Law :Organized Crime and Narcotics 1. Major Treaties and Documents United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances, 1988. United Nations Draft Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Council of Europe, Convention on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from crime of 8 November 1990, ETS No. 141.…

  • International criminal law: Crimes against Humanity

    International Criminal Law : Crimes Against Humanity and Human Rights Issues 1. Major Treaties and Documents United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 16 December 1966, and its optional protocols, one setting up individual complaints procedure, and another second protocol aimed at abolition of the death penalty. Declaration on the Protection of…

  • Piracy

    See Transnational crime . The first precise attempt to codify piracy was in 1958 when the Convention on the High Seas was adopted in order to clarify the legal status of pirates and the competence to arrest pirates. These articles in the Convention on the High Seas have been incorporated into […]

  • Human Trafficking

    See International Criminal Law – Transnational crime In late 2000, the United Nations for the first time in international law defined human trafficking in the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (the Trafficking Protocol also called […]

  • Criminology

    Introduction to Criminology According to Encarta, "Criminology, the scientific study of criminals and criminal behavior. Criminologists attempt to build theories that explain why crimes occur and test those theories by observing behavior. Criminological theories help shape society's […]

  • Legal System

    International Legal System Scholars and judicial decisions have characterized the international legal system as a system of equal and sovereign nation states whose actions are limited only by rules freely accepted as legally binding. [1] Brierly defines international law as ‘the body […]

  • Legal System

    International Legal System Scholars and judicial decisions have characterized the international legal system as a system of equal and sovereign nation states whose actions are limited only by rules freely accepted as legally binding. [1] Brierly defines international law as ‘the body […]