The 2020 presidential election and beliefs about fraud: Continuity or change?

The 2020 presidential campaign was plagued by charges of voter fraud both before and after the election took place. While past literature finds that electoral losers are most likely to express misgivings about election integrity, little else is known about the characteristics of individuals who exhibit these beliefs or how the beliefs have changed over time. Employing national surveys from 2012, 2016, 2018, and 2020, we examine the levels of pre-election expectations of fraud in the event of an electoral loss over time, as well as the individual-level correlates of beliefs in a range of election-related conspiracy theories prominent in 2020. Our analysis reveals that beliefs in election fraud are common and stable across time, and only occasionally relate to partisanship. Moreover, we find that, even accounting for the influence of partisan motivated reasoning, several psychological orientations––conspiracy thinking, anomie, dark triad personality traits, and denialism––play a unique role in promoting perceptions of voter fraud.     

Hidden in plain sight? Irregularities on statutory forms and electoral fraud

The most common method of tabulating election results around the world is manually compiling paper forms at the local level. Recent election disputes in developing democracies, particularly in Africa, have centered on irregularities observed on these forms. However, scholars do not yet have a good understanding of the distribution of these irregularities, nor of their relationship to systematic fraud. In this paper, we theorize a catalog of irregularities that goes beyond simple vote tally editing. We use deep neural networks to identify these irregularities on forms from about 30,000 polling stations in Kenya’s 2013 presidential election. We find that although irregularities manifest differently in government and opposition strongholds, they do not correlate with election outcomes, and they are unaffected by the presence of electoral observers. Taken together, our findings suggest scholars of election integrity should pay greater attention to problems of benign human error and overtaxed bureaucrats.     

拾取他人信用卡并在ATM机上取款行为应定盗窃罪

拾取他人信用卡并在ATM机上取走大量现金的行为,不能简单地套用刑法第196条第三款之规定,也不能将ATM机的人工智能和“冒用”的含义在法律概念上扩大化,从而该认定为信用卡诈骗罪。ATM机是银行的业务工具,而绝非银行的“电子代理人”,ATM机在目前的条件下绝对不可能被骗．在ATM机上取出的钱属于信用卡失主所有,取款的行为违背了失主的意愿并属于秘密窃取,完全符合盗窃罪的构成要件。     

诈骗犯罪探究—以莆田仙游县为例

近年来,仙游县诈骗类犯罪活动多发,如何提高侦办此类案件的质量和水平,是公安机关面临的一个重大课题,因此,有必要在对案件情况进行分析的基础上,结合相关法律、法规,统一公安机关办案思路,以保障案件执法活动优质、高效进行。     

合同诈骗抑或合同欺诈？

合同诈骗与合同欺诈是两类既相似又不相同的合同行为。司法实践中对包含有欺骗事实的合同行为的性质认定一直是个难点,这两者往往容易被混淆,导致许多判决结果存在争议,所以,应对两者之间的区别进行全面把握,以利于司法实践。     

虚假广告罪与诈骗罪之竞合问题浅探——以电视直销现象为切入

虚假广告罪和诈骗罪在行为方式上都有欺骗行为,只是欺骗的程度不同。当虚假广告罪中的欺骗或者说是宣传的虚假程度达到诈骗罪的欺诈程度时,便产生了虚假广告罪和诈骗罪的想象竞合。在这种情形下应当遵循想象竞合犯的处理原则,从一重罪处罚,认定为诈骗罪。     

保险诈骗罪特殊主体立法模式的缺陷及重构

保险犯罪日趋频繁和复杂,保险诈骗完全可能由投保人、被保险人和受益人以外的人或单位实施,现行刑法关于保险诈骗罪主体的规定范围过于狭窄,在理论和实践上均会产生一系列弊端。应摒弃特殊主体的立法模式,确立一般主体的立法模式。     

论合同诈骗犯罪案件主观方面证据调查的实现

合同诈骗犯罪案件侦查中,犯罪主观方面证据,特别是非法占有目的的证据调查是重点和难点。侦查人员需全面查证行为人的履约能力或担保,签订和履行合同中行为的真实性,履行合同的实际行动,以及事后行为人承担责任的态度,对合同标的物的处置情况等等方面的客观事实因素,来推定非法占有目的的存在,以实现合同诈骗犯罪案件主观方面证据调查。     

Financial Crime Today: Greece as a European Case Study

In this article a spectrum of financial crime, ranging from Customs violations, EU-fraud, tax evasion, Stock Market fraud, illegal use of intellectual property, electronic and Internet crime, to environmental pollution, illegal trafficking of personal data, and corruption is illustrated by examples from Greece. Needless to say, that the phenomenon of corruption and financial crime is creating problems not only in Greece, but also in other European countries and at higher financial levels.