Al Capone
The infamous Al Capone (a.k.a. Scarface) is one of the greatest known criminals of the twentieth century. His organized crime influenced an entire generation. The era known as the Roaring Twenties would not have been roaring without Al Capones mob, that provided an escape for the people cau....
Crime in Canada and in the United States: A Comparative Analysis
In the past three decades, a number of researchers have undertaken the comparison of American and Canadian crime rates. Among them, Lipset (1990) and Hagan (1991) have shown that violence was more frequent south of the border than in Canada. Using infra-national disaggregated crime rates, this artic....
Enron - A Tale of Little Assets and Creative Accounting
Enron - A Tale of Little Assets
and Creative Accounting
What do you do when you are not making lots of money fast enough you make it on paper. Welcome to Enron. One of Americas largest corporations was built on a system of accounting practices and home-made subsidiaries that shifted lo....
Misperceptions of Crime
Common Public Misperceptions of Crime
Emily Shirley
University of Phoenix Online
Media outlets continue to perpetuate some of the common misconceptions of crime while others are simply the result of misinformation. Whatever the case, the facts about cert....
TRANSNATIONAL CRIME: IMPACT AND THREAT
Transnational organized crime is one of the major threats facing the world today. Corruption and bribery of public officials, trafficking in drugs, arms and humans. fraud, and financial crimes, money laundering, intellectual property and identification theft are all crimes that are on the rise and ....