Fraud and recessions: Views from fraudsters and fraud managers

While a link is often made between the economy and crime levels, the evidence suggests that characteristics of an adverse economic climate can lead to either an increase or a decrease in crime. In this paper the impact of the recession on fraud is examined. This work is based on work undertaken by the author with fraud managers (via three group discussions), and interviews with sixteen fraudsters in prison. The findings underline the need for caution in making a link between increased levels of fraud and an adverse economic climate. More research is needed in this area to examine what types of offences, or what characteristics of them are most likely to be affected by poor economic conditions.     

职务犯罪黑数的解读与控制

职务犯罪黑数是指应当依法追究而未被追究刑事责任的职务犯罪行为数。职务犯罪黑数具有客观性、法定性、隐蔽性、动态性等特征。应当充分认识职务犯罪黑数产生的原因及危害,采取相应对策控制其增长。     

对虚假航空运输电子客票行程单犯罪的思考

航空电子客票行程单是旅客乘坐飞机的惟一报销凭证,俗称机票发票。近期,关于虚假行程单犯罪的数量不断攀升,而且涉案金额巨大,造成了严重的社会危害。我们可以从分析行程单的法律属性入手,了解虚假行程单犯罪的形式和特征,剖析虚假行程单犯罪的原因。从制度上看,现有的行程单管理制度也存在较大的缺陷。针对虚假行程单犯罪,我们可以从多个方面加以防范和治理。     

犯罪现场中非犯罪行为研究

犯罪现场中非犯罪行为一直是侦查领域研究的一个热点问题。加强犯罪现场中非犯罪行为的研究,有利于提高侦查人员对犯罪现场的全面认识,开辟认识犯罪现场的新视野以及开拓新的侦查思路。为此,有必要对犯罪现场中非犯罪行为的概念、价值,犯罪现场中非犯罪行为信息在侦查破案综合运用中存在的问题及对策进行探讨与研究。     

尼泊尔毒品犯罪概况(编译)

五花八门的毒品犯罪在世界范围内正变得较为普遍,尼泊尔也不例外。本文从尼泊尔境内毒品生产、走私情况及政府在禁毒斗争中所做的努力等方面介绍了该国的毒品犯罪概况。     

甘肃省新型毒品违法犯罪的现状及对策

新型毒品违法犯罪现象在甘肃省日趋严重,已给和谐社会的构建带来极大危害.甘肃省作为全国毒品问题严重省份之一,必须引起高度重视.加强对新型毒品违法犯罪的研究,提高防范和打击力度,已成为甘肃省禁毒执法部门亟须解决的问题.     

基层公安机关犯罪治安预防与案件侦破协作机制探索

在我国犯罪防控的诸多措施与机制中,基层公安机关即基层派出所的犯罪治安预防以其最贴近社会面、最贴近社会底层而在犯罪防控体系中发挥着中流砥柱的作用。基层公安机关除了常规的警务日常管理工作与治安案件处置外,其针对犯罪而采取的治安预防工作不仅能使地区发案率下降,而且一旦发生恶性案件,日常良好的防控工作也会为案件的侦破提供快速反应的基础以及协作刑侦部门破案的高效率性。目前,基层公安派出所的工作机制与犯罪防控基本要求的不匹配现象仍然存在,怎样使基层公安机关在犯罪防控工作及在协助刑侦部门案件侦破工作上做到基础扎实、反应快速、协作高效,减少社会恶性案件的频繁发生,并提高配合刑侦部门的侦查工作的能力,是摆在基层公安机关尤其是公安派出所面前的难点与重点。     

Rape Shield Laws and Sexual Behavior Evidence: Effects of Consent Level and Women’s Sexual History on Rape Allegations

Rape shield laws, which limit the introduction of sexual history evidence in rape trials, challenge the view that women with extensive sexual histories more frequently fabricate charges of rape than other women. The present study examined the relationship between women's actual sexual history and their reporting rape in hypothetical scenarios. Female participants (college students and a community sample, which included women working as prostitutes and topless dancers, and women living in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center) imagined themselves in dating scenarios that described either a legally definable act of rape or consensual sexual intercourse. Additionally, within the rape scenarios, level of consensual intimate contact (i.e., foreplay) preceding rape was examined to determine its influence on rape reporting. Women were less likely to say that they would take legal action in response to the rape scenarios if they had extensive sexual histories, or if they had consented to an extensive amount of intimate contact before the rape. In response to the consensual sexual intercourse scenarios, women with more extensive sexual histories were not more likely to say that they would report rape, even when the scenario provided them with a motive for seeking revenge against their dating partner.     

Beyond griefing: Virtual crime

Because there is so much money involved in virtual worlds these days, there has been an increase in criminal activity in these worlds as well. The gaming community calls people who promote conflict “griefers”. Griefers are people who like nothing better than to kill team-mates or obstruct the game’s objectives. Griefers scam, cheat and abuse. Recently, they have begun to set up Ponzi schemes. In games that attempt to encourage complex and enduring interactions among thousands of players, “griefing” has evolved from being an isolated nuisance to a social disease. Much in the same way crime has become the real world’s social disease. Grief is turning into crime.     

违法阻却事由与犯罪构成体系

违法与责任是犯罪的两大支柱,认定犯罪应当从违法到责任;是否存在违法阻却事由,属于是否具有违法性的判断,因此,应当在违法构成要件之后,接着讨论违法阻却事由。在考察全部构成要件之后才讨论违法阻却事由的做法,不利于对违法性的判断,也不利于保障行为人的自由。