Criminal law: procedure and offences Books

Book SynopsisThe volume presents the seminal articles in the economic analysis of the criminal law. The articles include the path-breaking theoretical economic analyses of criminal behavior and the leading empirical tests of these theories. The volume also contains the most prominent economic analyses of the substantive doctrines of criminal law and criminal procedure. Other articles present influential applications of economic concepts and evidence to perennial issues in criminal law and criminal justice, such as gun control, drug prohibition, and sentencing policy. An introduction by the volume editors provides a comprehensive overview of the works included. Economics of Criminal Law will be an essential source of reference for scholars, graduate students in both law and in economics, and practitioners.Trade Review‘This volume brings together some of the most influential articles in the field of law and economics. Together the chapters illustrate how economic theory and rigorous empirical analysis can shed light on some of the most important issues in social science and public policy – namely, under what circumstances individuals break the law and how sanctions can be structured to most effectively prevent such behavior. This book will be an excellent resource for graduate students and researchers not only in economics, but in other social sciences as well.’Table of ContentsContents: Acknowledgements Introduction Steven D. Levitt and Thomas J. Miles PART I ECONOMIC APPROACH TO CRIME AND CRIMINAL LAW 1. Gary S. Becker (1968), ‘Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach’ 2. George J. Stigler (1970), ‘The Optimum Enforcement of Laws’ 3. A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell (1975), ‘The Optimal Tradeoff between the Probability and Magnitude of Fines’ 4. Dan M. Kahan (1996), ‘What Do Alternative Sanctions Mean?’ 5. Richard A. Posner (1985), ‘An Economic Theory of the Criminal Law’ 6. Steven Shavell (1985), ‘Criminal Law and the Optimal Use of Nonmonetary Sanctions as a Deterrent’ 7. William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1975), ‘The Private Enforcement of Law’ 8. Frank H. Easterbrook (1983), ‘Criminal Procedure as a Market System’ PART II EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF THE ECONOMIC APPROACH 9. Franklin M. Fisher and Daniel Nagin (1978), ‘On the Feasibility of Identifying the Crime Function in a Simultaneous Model of Crime Rates and Sanction Levels’ 10. Steven D. Levitt (1996), ‘The Effect of Prison Population Size on Crime Rates: Evidence from Prison Overcrowding Litigation’ 11. Daniel Kessler and Steven D. Levitt (1999), ‘Using Sentence Enhancements to Distinguish Between Deterrence and Incapacitation’ 12. Edward L. Glaeser, Bruce Sacerdote and José A. Scheinkman (1996), ‘Crime and Social Interactions’ PART III ISSUES IN CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE A Gun Control 13. Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig (2003), ‘The Effects of the Brady Act on Gun Violence’ 14. Ian Ayres and John J. Donohue III (1999), ‘Nondiscretionary Concealed Weapons Laws: A Case Study of Statistics, Standards of Proof, and Public Policy’ B Capital Punishment 15. John J. Donohue and Justin Wolfers (2005), ‘Uses and Abuses of Empirical Data in the Death Penalty Debate’ C Drug Prohibition 16. Jeffrey A. Miron and Jeffrey Zwiebel (1995), ‘The Economic Case Against Drug Prohibition’ 17. Gary S. Becker, Kevin M. Murphy and Michael Grossman (2006), ‘The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs’ D Sentencing Policy 18. James M. Anderson, Jeffrey R. Kling and Kate Stith (1999), ‘Measuring Interjudge Sentencing Disparity: Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines’ E Legalized Abortion and Crime 19. John J. Donohue III and Steven D. Levitt (2001), ‘The Impact of Legalized Abortion on Crime’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisThe September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 2,973 innocent civilians required as much as $500,000 to stage. At the time, al Qaeda was operating on an annual budget of between $30 and $50 million. However, despite the obvious fact that terrorists need money to terrorize, preventing the financing of terrorism was not a priority for the United States or the international community prior to 9/11. Jimmy Gurule, former Under Secretary for Enforcement in the US Department of the Treasury, provides the first book-length, comprehensive analysis of the legal regime that evolved following the terrorist attacks.The book begins with a discussion of how shutting down the pipelines of funding is as important as dismantling the terrorist cells themselves. Next, the book covers the various means and methods used by terrorist groups to raise money, and examines how money is transferred globally to finance their lethal activities. The principal components of the legal strategy to disrupt the financing of terrorism are then discussed and evaluated. Unfortunately, the author concludes that the legal regime has met with mixed results, and finds that the sense of urgency to deprive terrorists of funding that existed following 9/11 has since dissipated. As a result, international efforts to freeze terrorist assets have dramatically declined. Moreover, the US Department of Justice has suffered several embarrassing and disappointing legal defeats in prosecuting major terrorist financiers. The author provides numerous recommendations to Congress, the Executive Branch, and the UN Security Council for strengthening the legal regime to deny terrorists the money needed to wage global jihad, acquire weapons of mass destruction, and launch another terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11.Unfunding Terror fills an important gap in the literature and will be essential reading for counter-terrorism experts, law enforcement and national security officials, policy makers, academics and all those interested in the global war on terror.Trade Review'The exposure of the clandestine funding of international terror is a practical subject in great need of resources like this one. . . This detailed study succinctly, but authoritatively, offers a vivid description of the problem and practical solutions. . . It is one of those must reads, necessary for the purpose of developing a comprehensive understanding of the intriguing subject of international terror, and how to control it.' -- ASIL Newsletter'Jimmy Gurule knows how to bankrupt terrorists like few others do. As Undersecretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, he spearheaded the fight against al-Qaeda's global bank accounts, helping to earn the highest grade awarded on the 9/11 Commissioners' report card. As an author, he performs once again. Unfunding Terror provides policymakers and laymen alike a clear roadmap on how to keep terrorists out of the global financial system.' -- Timothy J. Roemer, Center for National Policy, former US Congressman and member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission)'Jimmy Gurule has given us a superbly comprehensive and well-written assessment of why, regarding terrorism, Deep Throat's principle is bang on: follow the money.' -- R. James Woolsey, venture partner, VantagePoint, and former Director of Central Intelligence, US'A detailed study by a true scholar-practitioner, Unfunding Terror explains the legal response to terror finance in language accessible to both the expert and layman. Required reading.' -- Matthew Levitt, Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, USTable of ContentsContents: Part I: The Legal Framework 1. The Evolution of the Legal Framework to Deprive al Qaeda of Funding Part II: Why Go After the Money? 2. Terrorists Need Money to Terrorize 3. Al Qaeda’s Call to Jihad 4. Al Qaeda’s Global Presence Part III: Financing the Global Jihad 5. State Sponsors of Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, and Deep-Pocket Donors 6. Corrupt Islamic Charities Part IV: Developing a Global Legal Framework to Combat Terrorist Financing 7. Engaging the Financial Sector to Prevent the Financing of Terrorism 8. Domestic Asset Freeze 9. International Asset Freeze 10. The Law Enforcement Response to Terrorist Financing 11. Private Causes of Action: Using the Civil Justice System to Hold Terrorist Financiers Accountable Part V: Has the Legal Response to the Financing of Terrorism Been Effective? 12. Accomplishments, Failures, and Recommendations for Enhancing the Anti-Terrorist Financing Legal Regime Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisCriminal Law and Economics applies economic theory to explain crime, law enforcement, criminal law and criminal procedure. This pathbreaking book draws together sixteen chapters by leading scholars in the field, summarizing theoretical and empirical work researched to date on criminal law and economics. The topics range from private and public enforcement of the law, criminal procedure and regulation to terrorism, cyber crime and tax evasion. The expert contributors also cover the political economy of criminal law as well as behavioral criminal law and economics.This updated state-of-the-art reference book on criminal law will be an excellent tool for scholars and graduate students in law and economics.Trade Review'Addressing everything from the basic issues of the definition of crime and the nature of public and private enforcement of law to more specialized topics such as corruption, tax evasion, environmental crime, and terrorism, Criminal Law and Economics illustrates the power of economic analysis as a tool for analyzing and designing rules and institutions. With a list of superstar contributors that includes Polinsky, Shavell, McAdams, Ulen, and Garoupa, this volume will be a major resource for scholars and students who are interested in the latest research and thinking in the law and economics of crime.' -- John J. Donohue, Yale Law School, US and Co-editor of the American Law and Economics Review'Organized by one of the top scholars in the field, this volume offers up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of a vitally important subfield of law and economics. The authors offer insightful contributions with respect to theory (enforcement and procedure) and practice (such as environmental crime, cyber crime, and terrorism). Researchers and policymakers will want this volume on their shelves, and students of law and economics will find the readings to be invaluable.' -- Daniel Rubinfeld, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Public Enforcement of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell 2. Private Enforcement of Law Reza Rajabiun 3. Criminal Law and Regulation Anthony Ogus 4. Criminal Law and Torts Antony Dnes 5. Criminal Procedure Thomas J. Miceli 6. Plea-Bargaining and Prosecution Oren Gazal-Ayal and Limor Riza 7. Political Economy of Criminal Procedure Keith N. Hylton and Vikramaditya S. Khanna 8. The Economics of Capital Punishment Joanna M. Shepherd 9. Corporate Crime Wallace P. Mullin and Christopher M. Snyder 10. Organized Crime Vimal Kumar and Stergios Skaperdas 11. Corruption Roger Bowles 12. Tax Evasion and Avoidance Luigi Alberto Franzoni 13. Environmental Crimes Michael Faure 14. Cyber Crime Mark A. Cohen 15. Terrorism Nuno Garoupa, Jonathan Klick and Francesco Parisi 16. Behavioral Criminal Law and Economics Richard H. McAdams and Thomas S. Ulen Index

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Book SynopsisThe September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of 2,973 innocent civilians required as much as $500,000 to stage. At the time, al Qaeda was operating on an annual budget of between $30 and $50 million. However, despite the obvious fact that terrorists need money to terrorize, preventing the financing of terrorism was not a priority for the United States or the international community prior to 9/11. Jimmy Gurule, former Under Secretary for Enforcement in the US Department of the Treasury, provides the first book-length, comprehensive analysis of the legal regime that evolved following the terrorist attacks.The book begins with a discussion of how shutting down the pipelines of funding is as important as dismantling the terrorist cells themselves. Next, the book covers the various means and methods used by terrorist groups to raise money, and examines how money is transferred globally to finance their lethal activities. The principal components of the legal strategy to disrupt the financing of terrorism are then discussed and evaluated. Unfortunately, the author concludes that the legal regime has met with mixed results, and finds that the sense of urgency to deprive terrorists of funding that existed following 9/11 has since dissipated. As a result, international efforts to freeze terrorist assets have dramatically declined. Moreover, the US Department of Justice has suffered several embarrassing and disappointing legal defeats in prosecuting major terrorist financiers. The author provides numerous recommendations to Congress, the Executive Branch, and the UN Security Council for strengthening the legal regime to deny terrorists the money needed to wage global jihad, acquire weapons of mass destruction, and launch another terrorist attack on the scale of 9/11.Unfunding Terror fills an important gap in the literature and will be essential reading for counter-terrorism experts, law enforcement and national security officials, policy makers, academics and all those interested in the global war on terror.Trade Review'The exposure of the clandestine funding of international terror is a practical subject in great need of resources like this one. . . This detailed study succinctly, but authoritatively, offers a vivid description of the problem and practical solutions. . . It is one of those must reads, necessary for the purpose of developing a comprehensive understanding of the intriguing subject of international terror, and how to control it.' -- ASIL Newsletter'Jimmy Gurule knows how to bankrupt terrorists like few others do. As Undersecretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, he spearheaded the fight against al-Qaeda's global bank accounts, helping to earn the highest grade awarded on the 9/11 Commissioners' report card. As an author, he performs once again. Unfunding Terror provides policymakers and laymen alike a clear roadmap on how to keep terrorists out of the global financial system.' -- Timothy J. Roemer, Center for National Policy, former US Congressman and member of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission)'Jimmy Gurule has given us a superbly comprehensive and well-written assessment of why, regarding terrorism, Deep Throat's principle is bang on: follow the money.' -- R. James Woolsey, venture partner, VantagePoint, and former Director of Central Intelligence, US'A detailed study by a true scholar-practitioner, Unfunding Terror explains the legal response to terror finance in language accessible to both the expert and layman. Required reading.' -- Matthew Levitt, Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis, USTable of ContentsContents: Part I: The Legal Framework 1. The Evolution of the Legal Framework to Deprive al Qaeda of Funding Part II: Why Go After the Money? 2. Terrorists Need Money to Terrorize 3. Al Qaeda’s Call to Jihad 4. Al Qaeda’s Global Presence Part III: Financing the Global Jihad 5. State Sponsors of Terrorism, Drug Trafficking, and Deep-Pocket Donors 6. Corrupt Islamic Charities Part IV: Developing a Global Legal Framework to Combat Terrorist Financing 7. Engaging the Financial Sector to Prevent the Financing of Terrorism 8. Domestic Asset Freeze 9. International Asset Freeze 10. The Law Enforcement Response to Terrorist Financing 11. Private Causes of Action: Using the Civil Justice System to Hold Terrorist Financiers Accountable Part V: Has the Legal Response to the Financing of Terrorism Been Effective? 12. Accomplishments, Failures, and Recommendations for Enhancing the Anti-Terrorist Financing Legal Regime Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis wide-ranging Research Handbook is the first to offer a stimulating and systematic review of the framework for criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights. If counterfeiting constitutes an ever-growing international phenomenon with major economic and social repercussions, potentially affecting consumer safety and public health, the question of which are the appropriate instruments to enforce IP rights is a complex and sensitive one. Although criminal penalties can constitute strong and effective means of enforcement, serious doubts exist as to whether criminal sanctions are appropriate in every infringement situation. Drawing on legal, economic, historical and judicial perspectives, this book provides a differentiated sector-by-sector approach to the question of enforcement, and draws useful conclusions for future legislative initiatives at European, international and national levels. Offering a broad survey of the field, and a sound platform for further research, this legal and cross-disciplinary study by leading scholars will prove insightful for professors, researchers and students in intellectual property, criminal, competition, consumer protection and health law. Contributors: C.M. Correa, J. Drexl, C. Geiger, D. Gervais, J. Gibson, J. Griffiths, H. Grosse Ruse-Khan, R.M. Hilty, H.-G. Koch, D. Lefranc, D. Matthews, T. Mylly, A. Ohly, A. Peukert, M.R. Roudaut, J. Schmidt-Szalewski, A. Wechsler, G. Westkamp, P.K. YuTrade Review’The first truly systematic analysis of the upsurge in criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights, this book offers a scholarly examination of the justifications for this approach, including claims regarding the involvement organized crime, heavy revenue losses, corruption, and safety risks. Legal, economic, prosecutorial, and historical perspectives are brought to bear on such issues as the comparative goals of criminal and intellectual property law, as well as the impact of criminalization on innovation, health, consumer protection, and global trade.’ -- Rochelle Dreyfuss, New York University, School of Law, US’This useful collection will repay careful reading by those involved in IPR policy formulation as well as by all IPR scholars.’’ -- Michael Blakeney, European Intellectual Property Review’Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Christophe Geiger PART I: COUNTERFEITING: A SOCIETY ISSUE 1. Economic, Legal and Social Impacts of Counterfeiting Reto M. Hilty 2. Counterfeiting and Consumer Protection Ansgar Ohly 3. Counterfeiting and Public Health Duncan Matthews 4. Anti-counterfeiting: A Trojan Horse for Expanding Intellectual Property Protection in Developing Countries? Carlos M. Correa 5. From Sweatshops to Organized Crime: The New Face of Counterfeiting Mickaël R. Roudaut PART II: COUNTERFEITING: FINDING THE RIGHT REMEDIES Section 1. Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Criminal Enforcement: Historical, Economic and Psychological Aspects 6. Historical Perspective on Criminal Enforcement David Lefranc 7. Criminal Enforcement of Intellectual Property Law: An Economic Approach Andrea Wechsler 8. Why do ‘Good People’ Disregard Copyright on the Internet? Alexander Peukert Section 2. The Legal Framework of Criminal Enforcement 9. Criminal Enforcement and International IP Law Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan 10. Criminal Liability for Intellectual Property Infringement in Europe: The Role of Fundamental Rights Jonathan Griffiths 11. Criminal Enforcement and European Union Law Tuomas Mylly 12. The Directive Proposal on Criminal Sanctions Johanna Gibson Section 3. National Experiences on Criminal Enforcement 13. Criminal Enforcement in the US and Canada Daniel Gervais 14. Shaping Chinese Criminal Enforcement Norms through the TRIPS Agreement Peter K. Yu 15. Criminalizing IP Use in the UK: From Trademark Use to Illicit Downloads Guido Westkamp 16. The French Case: Comparison of the Past, Present and Future of Criminal Law Joanna Schmidt-Szalewski PART III: COUNTERFEITING AND CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT: SELECTED ISSUES 17. Strategies Against Counterfeiting of Drugs: A Comparative Criminal Law Study Hans-Georg Koch 18. Counterfeiting and the Spare Parts Issue Josef Drexl 19. Counterfeiting and the Music Industry: Towards a Criminalization of End Users? The French ‘HADOPI’ Example Christophe Geiger Index

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Book SynopsisA companion volume to the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption published in 2006, the specially commissioned papers in Volume Two present some of the best policy-oriented research in the field. They stress the institutional roots of corruption and include new research on topics ranging from corruption in regulation and procurement to vote buying and private firm payoffs.Understanding the consequences of corrupt transactions requires one to know what is being bought with a bribe and how the behavior of public and private actors has been affected. The contributors therefore emphasize how the economic analysis of corruption must take account of the broader context within which bribery and self-dealing operate. Several chapters offer new approaches to empirical research on corruption that range from individual-level data to the macro-economy. Chapters with an explicit policy focus deal with the efficacy of anti-corruption agencies, multi-stakeholder initiatives, red flag warning systems and international conventions.This cutting-edge work will be an unmatched resource for scholars and students of corruption, professionals in international aid and finance organizations, and scholars and professionals with more general interests in economic and political development.Contributors: T.S. Aidt, D.M. Aldrighi, E. Auriol, F. Boehm, E. Buscaglia, B. Clausen, S. Cole, A. Estache, B. Flyvbjerg, Y. Jeong, C. Kenny, A. Kraay, A. Lambert-Mogiliansky, E. Molloy, P. Murrell, M. Musatova, L.V. Peisakhin, G. Piga, J.D. Potter, F. Recanatini, S. Rose-Ackerman, T. Søreide, S. Straub, M. Tavits, A. Tran, R. Truex, M. Vagliasindi, P.C. Vicente, R.J. Weiner, L. Wren-LewisTrade Review’Volume Two of the International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption presents a comprehensive, detailed, and in-depth analysis of corruption as well as its economic and policy implications. . . It will be a valuable resource not only for experts and students of corruption studies, but also for public officials, NGO employees, and scholars of economic and political development throughout the world.’ -- Ararat L. Osipian, Journal of Economic IssuesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Susan Rose-Ackerman and Tina Søreide PART I: GENERAL OVERVIEWS 1. Corruption and Sustainable Development Toke S. Aidt 2. Curbing Corruption with Political Institutions Joshua D. Potter and Margit Tavits PART II: PROCUREMENT AND CORRUPTION 3. Delusion, Deception and Corruption in Major Infrastructure Projects: Causes, Consequences and Cures Bent Flyvbjerg and Eamonn Molloy 4. Corruption and Collusion: Strategic Complements in Procurement Ariane Lambert-Mogiliansky 5. A Fighting Chance Against Corruption in Public Procurement? Gustavo Piga PART III: PRIVATIZATION AND SELF-DEALING IN PRIVATE FIRMS 6. Public versus Private Governance and Performance: Evidence from Public Utility Service Provision Maria Vagliasindi 7. Privatization of Rent-Generating Industries and Corruption Emmanuelle Auriol and Stéphane Straub 8. Risks of Wrongdoing in Public Companies and Ways to Cope with Them: The Case of Brazil Dante Mendes Aldrighi PART IV: PUBLIC UTILITY REGULATION 9. Anti-Corruption Policy in Theories of Sector Regulation Antonio Estache and Liam Wren-Lewis 10. Is There an Anti-corruption Agenda in Regulation? Insights from Colombian and Zambian Water Regulation Frédéric Boehm PART V: MICRO-ANALYTIC RESEARCH: HOUSEHOLD AND FIRMS 11. Field Experimentation and the Study of Corruption Leonid V. Peisakhin 12. Oil, Corruption, and Vote-buying: A Review of the Case of São Tomé and Príncipe Pedro C. Vicente 13. Conflict and Corruption in International Trade: Who Helped Iraq Circumvent United Nations Sanctions? Yujin Jeong and Robert J. Weiner 14. Evidence from the Firm: A New Approach to Understanding Corruption Shawn Cole and Anh Tran 15. Does Respondent Reticence Affect the Results of Corruption Surveys? Evidence from the World Bank Enterprise Survey for Nigeria Bianca Clausen, Aart Kraay and Peter Murrell PART VI: POLICY INITIATIVES: CRITIQUES AND EVALUATIONS 16. On Best and Not So Good Practices for Addressing High-level Corruption Worldwide: An Empirical Assessment Edgardo Buscaglia 17. Why Multi-Stakeholder Groups Succeed and Fail Rory Truex and Tina Søreide 18. ‘Red Flags of Corruption’ in World Bank Projects: An Analysis of Infrastructure Contracts Charles Kenny and Maria Musatova 19. Anti-Corruption Authorities: An Effective Tool to Curb Corruption? Francesca Recanatini Index

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Book Synopsis'To effectively combat corruption globally, the collection and dissemination of knowledge is crucial. This excellent book takes us a step forward in our collective efforts to better understand the causes and effects of corruption from an international perspective. Through its detailed analysis of the economic impact of corruption in a diverse range of countries, this publication provides us with a new resource to draw on in our future efforts to reduce corruption together worldwide.'- Dimitri Vlassis, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Vienna, AustriaCorruption presents many legal and regulatory challenges, but these challenges cannot be met by the law in isolation. This book presents economic analysis of crime as an essential tool for shaping an effective legal apparatus.The authors contend that in order to assess whether and how to regulate corruption, it is necessary to start with a thorough inquiry into the causes, institutional and social effects, and most of all, actual and potential economic and financial consequences of crimes. This, they argue, should inform and help shape a balanced legal and regulatory approach to corruption.Economic analysis is also the key to measuring the efficacy of current anti-corruption instruments, and in the light of this the book finds many existing legal counter-measures lacking. On the other hand, its assessment of new international instruments and their domestic implementation and enforcement, and the monitoring mechanisms embedded by certain international organizations, demonstrates a clear relationship between realistic economic analysis and effective solutions to the economic and legal problems posed by corruption.Offering a comprehensive legal study of corruption and grounded in economic analysis, this detailed book will appeal to scholars and researchers in crime and corruption, international public organizations and anti-corruption agencies.Contents: Foreword Preface Introduction Part I: Economics, Finance, and Governance Section 1: Economics 1. Opening Remarks: Corruption and Economic Analysis 2. Firms, Markets, and Corruption 3. Corruption and Macroeconomic Performance Section 2: Finance 4. Financial Markets: Bonds, Stocks, and Politically-connected Firms 5. The Impact of Corruption in Shares Returns of Euro-area Listed Industrial Firms 6. Operational Efficiency, Corruption, and Political Stability in Microfinance Section 3: Governance 7. Governance, Corruption, and Effects on Institutions Part II: Birth and Evolution of an Anti-corruption Global Legal Standard Trans-national Corruption and Effective Regulation Section 4: Cases of Trans-national Corruption: Description and Legal Issues 8. How Corruption Affects the Economic and Institutional Textures of States: three case examples Section 5: Horizontal Assessment of the International Hard Law Instruments 9. The US FCPA as the Archetype of the Supra-national Anti-bribery Regulation 10. The Emergence of an International Framework: Regional, International, and Multilateral Treaties and Initiatives 11. Criminalization of the Offence 12. Sanctions and Corporate Liability 13. Jurisdictional Issues 14. Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition 15. Preventive and Non-criminal Related Measures 16. Follow up Procedures as Specific Cases of International Supervision 17. Asset Recovery Afterword Bibliography IndexTrade Review'The volume offers a fascinating interdisciplinary analysis that examines the economics of corruption and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the international regulatory framework. It mainly focuses on one particular aspect of corruption, the dynamics of bribery between the private and public sector, but it also deals with the private-to-private (commercial) corruption. . . . this book will be valuable for economists, lawyers, and policymakers since it allows them to grasp the nature of corruption as well as the strengths of the available international legal instruments and the gaps that should be addressed to improve those instruments to make them more effective.' --Journal of International Economic Law'Overall, this book constitutes a fundamental research tool for all lawyers or political scientists interested in exploring the roots of corruption and in understanding the deep institutional and regulatory problems faced by policymakers in eliminating it. I am glad to have read it.' --Dr Federico Lupo-Pasini, Global Trade and Customs Journal'This book positively stands out from the mass of literature on corruption because of its in-depth treatment of themes which are relevant for business. It contains very detailed analysis and it is soundly rooted in extensive scientific research. The bibliography alone is 64 pages. Even those who have been researching corruption for many years will find in this book new ideas and new approaches.' --Olaf Meyer, Crime Law and Social ChangeTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface Introduction Part I: Economics, Finance, and Governance Section 1: Economics 1. Opening Remarks: Corruption and Economic Analysis 2. Firms, Markets, and Corruption 3. Corruption and Macroeconomic Performance Section 2: Finance 4. Financial Markets: Bonds, Stocks, and Politically-connected Firms 5. The Impact of Corruption in Shares’ Returns of Euro-area Listed Industrial Firms 6. Operational Efficiency, Corruption, and Political Stability in Microfinance Section 3: Governance 7. Governance, Corruption, and Effects on Institutions Part II: Birth and Evolution of an Anti-corruption Global Legal Standard Trans-national Corruption and Effective Regulation Section 4: Cases of Trans-national Corruption: Description and Legal Issues 8. How Corruption Affects the Economic and Institutional Textures of States: three case examples Section 5: Horizontal Assessment of the International Hard Law Instruments 9. The US FCPA as the Archetype of the Supra-national Anti-bribery Regulation 10. The Emergence of an International Framework: Regional, International, and Multilateral Treaties and Initiatives 11. Criminalization of the Offence 12. Sanctions and Corporate Liability 13. Jurisdictional Issues 14. Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition 15. Preventive and Non-criminal Related Measures 16. Follow up Procedures as Specific Cases of International Supervision 17. 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Book SynopsisCorruption is a global phenomenon with costs estimated to be in the trillions of dollars. This source of original research and policy analysis deals with the most important concepts and empirical evidence in foreign corrupt practices globally. Handbook of Global Research and Practice in Corruption includes research from all continents and provides a critical analysis of the key issues of corruption and its control. Through rigorous analysis and theoretical foundations, this book provides a multi-disciplinary and international account of corruption from the perspectives of public policy, criminal law and criminology, as well as considering principles of prevention and control in both the public and private sectors. With original and empirical analyses, this unique book will appeal to academics, researchers and students in international business and international law, staff of crime and corruption commissions and police integrity agencies, as well as international organizations such as the World Bank, IMF, Transparency International and the World Economic Forum. Contributors include: J.S. Albanese, S. Basu, L. Botterill, J.E. Campos, D. Chaikin, D. Chappell, C. Davids, I. Dussuyer, L. Elges, M. Felson, S.A. Fritzen, L. Gray, A. Graycar, R.G. Hearn, F. Heinrich, R. Hodess, P. Jorna, M. Joutsen, L. de Koker, P. Larmour, W.B. Magrath, B. Michael, S. Moss, R. Mulgan, S. Mumford, G.P. Noone, N.L. Piquero, K. Polk, F. Recanatini, G. Schubert, I. Scott, D. Siegel, R. Smith, G. Sullivan, J. Wanna, G.T. WareTrade ReviewGraycar and Smith's excellent edited volume studies corruption as a pervasive, global phenomenon. The chapters move from general overviews to in-depth studies of corruption-prone sectors such as forestry, financial markets, public procurement, and trade in diamonds and art. The volume is an important, contribution to the international study of corruption that mixes scholarly analysis with practical recommendations for the control and prevention of corruption - both international initiatives and country - or sector-specific policies. --Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale Law School, USAction against corruption has risen rapidly on the global political agenda and remains a key concern of peoples around the world. The United Nations Convention against Corruption, the first and only global binding legal instrument against the phenomenon, offers the framework and basis for a concerted, coordinated and comprehensive response. In order to buttress the Convention, however, knowledge and the consequent awareness are crucial. This Handbook is a commendable effort to address this need and serves to fill the gap that exists. The authors and editors have made a significant contribution, bringing together professionals and practitioners alike. --Dimitri Vlassis, Chief, Corruption and Economic Crime Branch, UNODC and Secretary, Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against CorruptionThis Handbook will serve as an invaluable resource for scholars, students and public officials interested in understanding corruption and its control. --James B. Jacobs, NYU School of LawTable of ContentsContents: PART I: CONTEXTUALISING CORRUPTION 1. Research and Practice in Corruption: An Introduction Adam Graycar and Russell G. Smith 2. Corruption in the Broad Sweep of History Marcus Felson 3. Measuring Corruption Finn Heinrich and Robin Hodess 4. Assessing Corruption at the Country Level Francesca Recanatini PART II: CORRUPTION IN PRACTICE 5. Corruption in Procurement Glenn T. Ware, Shaun Moss, J. Edgardo Campos and Gregory P. Noone 6. Circumventing Sanctions Against Iraq in the Oil-for-Food Programme Linda Courtenay Botterill 7. Identifying Corruption Risks in Public Climate Finance Governance Lisa Ann Elges 8. Corruption in REDD+ Schemes: A Framework for Analysis Peter Larmour 9. Corruption and Crime in Forestry William B. Magrath 10. The Relationship between Corruption and Financial Crime Nicole Leeper Piquero and Jay S. Albanese 11. Corrupt Practices Involving Offshore Financial Centres David Chaikin 12. Corruption and the Global Diamond Trade Dina Siegel 13. Corrupt Practices in the Global Trade in Art and Antiquities Duncan Chappell and Kenneth Polk 14. Corrupt Misuse of Information and Communications Technologies Russell G. Smith and Penny Jorna PART III: PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF CORRUPTION 15. From Information to Indicators: Monitoring Progress in the Fight Against Corruption in Multi-project, Multi-stakeholder Organizations Scott A. Fritzen and Shreya Basu 16. The United Nations Convention Against Corruption Matti Joutsen 17. The Global Architecture of Foreign Bribery Control: Applying the OECD Bribery Convention Cindy Davids and Grant Schubert 18. Applying Anti-money Laundering Laws to Fight Corruption Louis de Koker 19. Recovering Corruptly Obtained Assets Larissa Gray 20. Activist Regulatory Practices in Corruption Prevention: A Case Study from Montenegro Bryane Michael 21. The Hong Kong ICAC’s Approach to Corruption Control Ian Scott 22. Developing Cultures of Integrity in the Public and Private Sectors Richard Mulgan and John Wanna 23. Reporting Corrupt Practices in the Public Interest: Innovative Approaches to Whistleblowing Inez Dussuyer, Stephen Mumford and Glenn Sullivan 24. The Role of Education in Changing Corrupt Practices Rose Gill Hearn Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores how the law and the institutions of the criminal justice system expose minorities to different types of violence, either directly, through discrimination and harassment, or indirectly, by creating the conditions that make them vulnerable to violence from other groups of society. It draws on empirical insights across a broad array of communities and locales including Afghanistan, Colombia, Pakistan, India, Malawi, Turkey, Brazil, Singapore, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines. It examines the challenges of protecting those at the margins of power, especially those whom the law is often used to oppress. The chapters explore intersecting, marginal identities influenced by four factors: rebuilding after violent regimes, economic interest behind the violence, entrenched cultural biases, and criminalisation of diversity. It provides scholars from the Global North with important lessons when attempting to impose their own solutions onto nations with a different history and context, or when applying their own laws to migrants from the Global South nations explored in this book. It speaks to legal and social science scholars in the fields of law, sociology, criminology, and social work. Table of ContentsPart I. Rebuilding after violence. - Chapter 1. The Caradiru Prison Massacre and Ongoing Military Repression in Brazil (Emilio Meyer, Marta Machado). - Chapter 2. Politics before Law: The New Penal Code of 2017 and its Limited Protections for Ethnic Minorities in Post-Conflict Afghanistan (Bashir Mobasher, Nasiruddin Nezaami). - Chapter 3. “Between denial and memory” a socio-legal reading of securitisation narratives in Transitional Colombia (Gustavo Rojas Paez). - Part II. Economic interest and the state. - Chapter 4. Enforcing Exclusion through the Law: The National Register of Citizens in India (Suraj Gogoi). - Chapter 5. Colonial Legal Continuities in Post-Colonial Pakistan: A look at the construction of law, ownership and crime (Sabeen Kazmi). - Chapter 6. (Cr)Immigration and Merit-Based Migration in the Global South: Policing "Alcoholic Indians" and "Bangladeshi Terrorists" in Singapore (George Radics). - Chapter 7. Disciplining colonial subjects: Neoliberal Legalities, Disasters and the Criminalization of Protest in Puerto Rico (José Atiles Osoria). - Part III. Entrenched cultural biases. - Chapter 8. “Truth” and “Consent” in Sexual Violence Reporting in Criminal Justice and Legal Contexts in Singapore (Dr Joseph Greener, Stacy Ooi). - Chapter 9. Between Toys and Behind Bars: Mothers in Jail in the State of Ceará, Brazil (Lara Nascimento Meneses, João Araújo Monteiro Neto, Nestor Eduardo Araruna Santiago). - Chapter 10. The “War on Drugs” in Philippine Criminal Courts: Legal Professionals' Moral Discourse and Plea Bargaining in Drug-Related Cases (Pablo Ciocchini, Jayson Lamchek). - Part IV. Criminalisation of Diversity. - Chapter 11. Circuits of Law: Everyday Criminalisation of Transgender Embodiment in Istanbul (Ezgi Taşcıoğlu). - Chapter 12. Reaffirming Womanhood: Young transwomen and online sex work in Philippines (Veronica Gregorio). - Chapter 13. A queer chinkhoswe: Reimagining the customary in Malawi (Nigel Timothy Mpemba Patel).

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Book SynopsisEinführend werden die Sonderstellung der Psychiatrie im Rahmen der Medizin und die grundlegenden Unterschiede zwischen allgemeiner und forensischer Psychiatrie geschildert. Anhand einer einfachen psychiatriegeschichtlichen Übersicht werden Fehlentwicklungen und Problemlösungen in der forensischen Psychiatrie so dargestellt, daß jeder Interessierte, - sei er Jurist, Nervenarzt, Psychologe oder Kriminologe -, sich mit der Bedeutung der unterschiedlichen methodologischen Perspektiven vertraut machen kann. Mit dieser Kenntnis wird die kritische, eigenständige Urteilsbildung in dem umstrittenen Gebiet der psychologisch-psychiatrischen Beurteilung der strafrechtlichen Schuldfähigkeit erleichtert. Es war ein Anliegen des Autors, mit einer leicht verständlichen Darstellung in die Grundprobleme dieser Methodologie einzuführen und dadurch das Verständnis für die Notwendigkeit ihrer Beachtung bei der Tätigkeit des psychologisch-psychiatrischen Sachverständigen in der Gerichtspraxis zu fördern.Table of ContentsEinführung.- 1 Die Sonderstellung der Psychiatrie im Rahmen der Medizin.- 2 Unterschiede der allgemeinen und der forensischen Psychiatrie.- 3 Perspektiven der Psychiatrie (ca. 1800–1975).- 4 Perspektiven der Psychiatrie in der Gegenwart.- 4.1 Veränderte juristisch-psychiatrische Aspekte.- 4.2 Veränderungen in der Psychiatrie.- 4.3 ICD-9.- 4.4 DSM III.- 4.5 Operationale Methoden in der forensischen Psychiatrie.- 5 Die psychopathologische Problemlösung der forensischen Psychiatrie.- 5.1 Verantwortungsfähigkeit und Realitätsbezug.- 5.2 Strukturale Psychopathologie.- 6 Zusammenfassung und Ausblick.

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Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch vermittelt die Grundlagen der Kriminologie (Begriff, Geschichte und Methoden), erläutert die Kriminalitätstheorien und arbeitet zentrale Befunde zum Verbrechen, zu Tätern und Opfern von Verbrechen sowie zur Verbrechenskontrolle (Kriminalprävention und Strafrechtspflege) heraus. Sodann werden wichtige Deliktsbereiche unter kriminologischen Gesichtspunkten dargestellt. Statistische und methodische Grundlagen empirisch-kriminologischer Untersuchungen werden jeweils berücksichtigt.Table of Contents1. Teil: Grundlagen: § 1 Begriff und Aufgaben der Kriminologie sowie Stellung im Wissenschaftssystem (Dieter Dölling).- § 2 Geschichte der Kriminologie (Christian Laue).- § 3 Methoden der Kriminologie (Dieter Hermann).- 2. Teil: Kriminalitätstheorien: § 4 Begriff, Bedeutung und Einteilung von Kriminalitätstheorien (Dieter Dölling).- § 5 Individuumsorientierte Kriminalitätstheorien (Christian Laue).- § 6 Gesellschaftlich orientierte Kriminalitätstheorien (Dieter Hermann).- § 7 Integrative Kriminalitätstheorien (Dieter Dölling).- 3. Teil: Verbrechen: § 8 Die kriminologische Erfassung des Verbrechens (Dieter Dölling).- § 9 Hellfeld (Dieter Dölling).- § 10 Dunkelfeld (Dieter Hermann).- § 11 Gesamtbetrachtung (Dieter Dölling).- 4. Teil: Verbrecher: § 12 Lebensalter (Dieter Dölling).- § 13 Geschlecht (Dieter Hermann).- § 14 Nationalität (Christian Laue).- § 15 Persönlichkeit (Christian Laue).- § 16 Sozialisation (Dieter Hermann).- § 17 Medien (Dieter Hermann).- § 18 Sozialstatus (Dieter Hermann).- § 19 Tätertypologien (Dieter Dölling).- § 20 Kriminalprognose (Dieter Dölling).- § 21 Tätergruppen (Dieter Dölling).- 5. Teil: Verbrechensopfer: § 22 Begriff und Fragestellungen der Viktimologie (Dieter Dölling).- § 23 Viktimisierungen (Dieter Dölling).- § 24 Reaktionen auf Viktimisierungen (Dieter Dölling).- § 25 Kriminalitätsfurcht (Dieter Dölling).- 6. Teil: Verbrechenskontrolle: § 26 Begriff und Bedeutung der Verbrechenskontrolle (Dieter Dölling).- § 27 Kriminalprävention (Dieter Hermann).- § 28 Strafrechtspflege.- § 29 Kriminalpolitische Einstellungen der Bevölkerung (Dieter Dölling).- § 30 Gewaltdelikte (Dieter Hermann).- § 31 Sexualdelikte (Dieter Dölling).- § 32 Drogendelikte (Dieter Dölling).- § 33 Straßenverkehrsdelikte (Dieter Hermann).- § 34 Eigentums- und Vermögensdelikte (Dieter Hermann).- § 35 Wirtschaftskriminalität und Korruption (Dieter Dölling).- § 36 Umweltdelikte (Christian Laue).- § 37 Computerkriminalität (Christian Laue).

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Book SynopsisDas kriminologisch angelegte Thema behandelt das aktuelle und selten empirisch untersuchte Phänomen sogenannter Amoktaten – Mehrfachtötungen aus unklarer Motivlage, die vornehmlich im öffentlichen Raum begangen werden. Die Autorin liefert einen umfangreichen Überblick über bisherige Erkenntnisse zu verschiedenen Tötungsphänomenen. Dabei wird der Aspekt der Rekonstruktion der Tätersicht in ausgewählten Fällen besonders berücksichtigt, um aufzuzeigen, dass den Taten gemeinsame Strukturen zugrunde liegen.Table of ContentsBegriffsbestimmung und Forschungsstand zu Amoktaten.- Abgrenzungen und Vergleiche zu anderen Tötungsdelikten.- Typologie der Amoktäter in Fallgruppenbeschreibungen.- Fallgruppenübergreifende Charakteristika des Untersuchungskollektivs.

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Book SynopsisClara Ifsits steckt in diesem Buch die Grenze zwischen zulässigem und potenziell strafbarem Sponsoring ab. Mit Blick auf den Untreuetatbestand werden die sachlichen Grenzen des Handlungsspielraums organschaftlicher Vertretungsorgane bei Sponsoringentscheidungen sowie der Eintritt von Vermögensschäden unter Berücksichtigung positiver Sponsoringeffekte untersucht. Auf Seite des Gesponserten stehen korruptionsstrafrechtliche Spannungsfelder im Fokus. Dabei werden insbesondere der Vorteilsbegriff in Zusammenhang mit Sponsoring ebenso wie die Klimapflege und die praxisrelevanten Phänomene des Pharma- und Parteiensponsoring analysiert. Strafrechtliche Fragestellungen werden aus österreichischer Perspektive mit Bezug auf deutsche Literatur und Rechtsprechung umfassend behandelt.Trade Review“... Das Buch gibt einen guten Überblick zur Problematik des Sponsorings, wobei seine Stärke zum einen in der gründlichen Recherche, zum andern in der stringenten und klaren Aufbereitung der Problembereiche liegt. Es ist derzeit die ausführlichste – und natürlich auch aktuellste – Abhandlung zur Grenzziehung zwischen zuläs-sigem und potenziell strafbarem Sponsoring und daher jedem Interessierten zu empfehlen.” (Einhard Steininger, in: Journal für Strafrecht, Heft 3, 2020)Table of ContentsStrafbarkeit des Sponsors wegen Untreue.- Befugnismissbrauch und Vermögensschaden durch Sponsoring.- Strafbarkeit des Gesponserten wegen Korruption.- Sponsoringleistung als korruptionsstrafrechtlich relevanter Vorteil.

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Book SynopsisDiese Sammlung von 20 Aufsätzen umfasst aktuelle Themen der Kriminalwissenschaft. Sie bietet einen Überblick über die Arbeit des Strafvollzugsarchivs und die seines Gründers Johannes Feest. Dabei geht es um Fragen der Strafverfolgung („Definitionsmacht“), des Strafvollzuges und der Notwendigkeit einer Gesellschaft ohne Gefängnisse („Abolitionismus“). Das Strafvollzugsarchiv selbst ist im Zusammenhang mit der Kommentierung des deutschen Strafvollzugsgesetzes entstanden („Alternativkommentar zum StVollzG“). Es hat sich zu einer Institution zur Dokumentation von und zur Aufklärung über Recht und Rechtswirklichkeit in Gefängnissen entwickelt. Fundamental für die Untersuchungen zum Rechtsschutz im Gefängnis, aber auch für die wissenschaftliche und rechtspolitische Arbeit des Strafvollzugsarchivs ist die über Jahrzehnte andauernde Korrespondenz mit Gefangenen, über die hier ebenfalls berichtet wird.Der Autor:Dr. Johannes Feest war Professor (i.R.) für Strafverfolgung, Strafvollzug, Strafrecht an der Universität Bremen. Er ist Vorsitzender des Vereins Strafvollzugsarchiv e.V.Trade Review“... Das Buch richtet sich nicht nur an Studierende und Lehrende in der Kriminologie, der Rechtwissenschaften und der Sozialen Arbeit, sondern auch an die Polizei, die Strafjustiz und den Strafvollzug.” (Prof. em. Werner Nickolai, in: neue caritas, Jg. 121, Heft 7, 2020)Table of ContentsPolizei/Strafverfolgung.- Gefängnis.- Strafvollzugsarchiv.- Abolitionismus.

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Book SynopsisBereits seit den 1980er Jahren wurde eine Einbeziehung des Straftatopfers und seiner Belange in das deutsche Strafvollzugsrecht diskutiert. Im Strafvollzugsgesetz des Bundes spielte die Opferorientierung gleichwohl eine untergeordnete Rolle. Erst mit den nach der Föderalismusreform von 2006 erlassenen Landesstrafvollzugsgesetzen wurde die Opferorientierung umfangreich in das Strafvollzugsrecht einbezogen. Durch die Berücksichtigung von Opferinteressen bei der Ausgestaltung des Vollzugs der Freiheitsstrafe ergeben sich eine Vielzahl neuer strafvollzugsrechtlicher Fragestellungen. Diese betreffen beispielsweise die Vereinbarkeit von Opferorientierung und Resozialisierung, den Schutz von Opfern vor inhaftierten Täter*innen und die Möglichkeiten von Wiedergutmachung und Tatausgleich während der Inhaftierung. In diesem Buch werden die Hintergründe der Opferorientierung des Strafvollzugsrechts untersucht und so Maßstäbe zur Auslegung der opferorientierten Vorschriften der Landesstrafvollzugsgesetze entwickelt. Bei der Auslegung der opferorientierten Strafvollzugsvorschriften werden alle 16 Landesstrafvollzugsgesetze einbezogen. Dadurch wird versucht, zahlreiche Fragen zu beantworten, die sich durch die Berücksichtigung des Opfers und seiner Interessen innerhalb der Landesstrafvollzugsgesetze stellen.Table of ContentsEinführung.- Grundlagen für die Auslegung opferbezogener Vorschriften imStrafvollzugsrecht.- Auslegung opferbezogener Strafvollzugsvorschriften.- Folgerungen für die zukünftige Ausgestaltung der Opferorientierung im Strafvollzug.

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Book SynopsisDieses Lehrbuch informiert umfassend über die examensrelevanten Straftatbestände des StGB, die Vermögen, Eigentum oder sonstige Vermögensgüter schützen. Der Text bereitet den Stoff systematisch auf und hebt dabei schwierige und umstrittene Einzelfragen durch ausführliche Darstellung der dazu vertretenen Meinungen deutlich hervor. Unterstützt wird der Lernprozess mittels zahlreicher Fallbeispiele mit Lösungshinweisen, die dem Benutzer Gelegenheit zu aktiven Übungen an Strafrechtsfällen geben. Der Leser sollte daher zunächst versuchen, die Fälle selbst zu lösen und danach den Text weiter lesen. Auch die am Ende jedes Kapitels gestellten „Kontrollfragen“ sind eine Aufforderung zur Überprüfung des Lernerfolges und gegebenenfalls Wiederholung der Lektüre. Über den Bereich des Besonderen Teils hinausgehende Repetitionseffekte verspricht das Buch dem Leser auf Grund der vielfältigen Bezugnahmen auf das Allgemeine Strafrecht, beispielsweise zu Fragen von Täterschaft und Teilnahme oder Versuch, Vollendung und Beendigung. Table of ContentsTeil I: Straftaten gegen das Eigentum: Diebstahl, §§ 242 ff StGB.- Unterschlagung, § 246 StGB.- Sachbeschädigung, §§ 303 ff StGB.- Diebstahlsähnliche Delikte, §§ 248b, c StGB.- Teil II: Delikte gegen das Vermögen: Betrug, § 263 StGB.- Untreue, § 266 StGB.- Betrugs- und untreueähnliche Delikte, §§ 263a ff StGB.- Teil III: Delikte mit Nötigungselementen: Raub, §§ 249 ff StGB.- Räuberischer Diebstahl, § 252 StGB.- Erpressung, §§ 253, 255 StGB.- Raub- und erpressungsähnliche Delikte, §§ 316a, 239a StGB.- Teil IV: Anschlussdelikte: Begünstigung, § 257 StGB.- Hehlerei, § 259 ff StGB.- Geldwäsche, § 261 StGB.- Teil V: Sonstige Delikte: Wilderei, § 292 StGB.- Vereiteln der Zwangsvollstreckung, § 288 StGB.- Pfandkehr, § 289 StGB.- Wucher, § 291 StGB.

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Book SynopsisDer Band zu den Nichtvermögensdelikten enthält sieben „große Fälle“, die aktuellen und klassischen Entscheidungen der höchstrichterlichen Rechtsprechung nachgebildet sind und den Anforderungen im Ersten Juristischen Staatsexamen entsprechen. Auf diese Weise wird sowohl das prüfungsrelevante Wissen im strafrechtlichen Pflichtfachbereich als auch die Falllösung wiederholt und vertieft. Besonderes Augenmerk wird auf klausurtypische Querverbindungen von Allgemeinem und Besonderem Teil gelegt. Die Lösungsvorschläge sind vollständig ausformuliert und werden abgerundet durch Hinweise zur Klausurtaktik und zur Vertiefung des Stoffs etwa anhand grundlegender Gerichtsentscheidungen. Der Band zum Besonderen Teil - Nichtvermögensdelikte wird ergänzt durch einen zum „Allgemeinen Teil“ und einen zum „Besonderen Teil - Vermögensdelikte“. Die Gesamtreihe befähigt zu einer vollständigen, eigenverantwortlichen Examensvorbereitung im materiellen Strafrecht. Sie erscheint nunmehr in vollständig durchgesehener und überarbeiteter Neuauflage inklusive examensorientierter Verarbeitung jüngster höchstrichterlicher Rechtsprechung sowie Studienliteratur. Table of ContentsDer Steinewerfer und seine Eltern (Schwerpunkte: Straftaten gegen das Leben; Straftaten gegen die körperliche Unversehrtheit).- Verkehrserziehung (Schwerpunkt: Straftaten gegen die persönliche Freiheit).- A.C.A.B. im Saunaparadies (Schwerpunkte: Straftaten gegen die Ehre; Straftaten gegen den persönlichen Lebens- und Geheimbereich; Hausfriedensbruch; Widerstand gegen Vollstreckungsbeamte).- Der Transportunternehmer und die Finanzagentin (Schwerpunkt: Urkundenstraftaten).- Nachbarschaftsstreit vor Gericht (Schwerpunkt: Straftaten gegen die Rechtspflege).- Feuerteufel (Schwerpunkt: Brandstiftungsdelikte).- Der flüchtende Schulfotograf (Schwerpunkte: Straßenverkehrsdelikte; unterlassene Hilfeleistung; Straftaten im Amt).

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Book SynopsisIm Band zu den Vermögensdelikten sind 13 „große Fälle“ abgedruckt, die sich an aktuellen und klassischen Entscheidungen der höchsten Gerichte orientieren. Entsprechend den Anforderungen im Ersten Juristischen Staatsexamen werden so zum einen das examensrelevante Wissen im strafrechtlichen Pflichtfachbereich als auch die Technik der Falllösung wiederholt und vertieft. Klausurtypische Querverbindungen von Allgemeinem Teil und Besonderem Teil kommen dabei nicht zu kurz. Neben vollständig ausformulierten Lösungsvorschlägen enthält das Werk wertvolle Tipps zur Klausurtaktik und zur Vertiefung des materiellen Strafrechts, insbesondere anhand der Rechtsprechung. Der Band zu den Vermögensdelikten wird ergänzt durch einen zum „Allgemeinen Teil“ und einen zum „Besonderen Teil - Nichtvermögensdelikte“. Die Gesamtreihe befähigt zu einer vollständigen, eigenverantwortlichen Examensvorbereitung im materiellen Strafrecht. Sie erscheint nunmehr in vollständig durchgesehener und überarbeiteter Neuauflage inklusive examensorientierter Verarbeitung jüngster höchstrichterlicher Rechtsprechung sowie Studienliteratur. Table of ContentsErster Übungsfall „Gratis Tanken und Kiffen“ (Schwerpunkt: Diebstahl I).- Zweiter Übungsfall „Beutezug im Warenhaus“ (Schwerpunkt: Diebstahl II).- Dritter Übungsfall „Die rumänische Bande“ (Schwerpunkte: Diebstahl III; Unterschlagung).- Vierter Übungsfall „Rache an der Ex“ (Schwerpunkt: Sachbeschädigungsdelikte).- Fünfter Übungsfall „Die baskischen Terroristen“ (Schwerpunkt: Betrug I).- Sechster Übungsfall „An- und Verkauf von Betäubungsmitteln“ (Schwerpunkt: Betrug II).- Siebenter Übungsfall „Skimmer und Schwarzfahrer“ (Schwerpunkte: Computerbetrug; Erschleichen von Leistungen).- Achter Übungsfall „Probleme eines Bereichsvorstands“ (Schwerpunkt: Untreue).- Neunter Übungsfall „Das Deo-Spray und die Ferienhütte“ (Schwerpunkt: Raub I).- Zehnter Übungsfall „Misserfolg in der Grillstube“ (Schwerpunkt: Raub II).- Elfter Übungsfall „Im Schwesternwohnheim“ (Schwerpunkte: Räuberischer Diebstahl; Räuberischer Angriff auf Kraftfahrer).- Zwölfter Übungsfall „Geschäfte in der Kfz-Branche“ (Schwerpunkte: Erpressung und räuberische Erpressung; Erpresserischer Menschenraub; Geiselnahme).- Dreizehnter Übungsfall „Novosol und AgroInvest“ (Schwerpunkt: Anschlussdelikte).

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Book SynopsisThe Culture of Control charts the dramatic changes in crime control and criminal justice that have occurred in Britain and America over the last 25 years. It then explains these transformations by showing how the social organization of late modern society has prompted a series of political and cultural adaptations that alter how governments and citizens think and act in relation to crime. The book presents an original and in-depth analysis of contemporary crime control, revealing its underlying logics and rationalities, and identifying the social relations and cultural sensibilities that have produced this new culture of control. In developing a history of the present in the field of crime control, David Garland presents an intertwined history of the welfare state and the criminal justice state, a theory of social and penal change, and an account of how social order is constructed in late modern societies. Drawing on extensive research in the UK and the USA, he shows in detail how the social, economic and cultural forces of the late 20th century have reshaped criminological thought, public policy, and the cultural meaning of crime and criminals.The Culture of Control explains how our responses to crime and our sense of criminal justice came to be so dramatically reconfigured at the end of the 20th century. The shifting policies of crime and punishment, welfare and security - and the changing class, race and gender relations that underpin them - are viewed as aspects of the problem of governing late modern society and creating social order in a rapidly changing social world. Its theoretical scope, empirical range and interpretative insight make this book an indispensable guide to one of the central issues of our time.Trade ReviewThere is a tremendous readability and clarity about The Culture of Control that almost disguises the mass of learning and information in the book. In fact, it is difficult to know which feature is to be admired more: the extraordinary sophistication, the integration of so many different approaches and disciplines, the snappy writing, or the lucid ordering of the argument. There is compelling realism about Garland's work. Much of it rings true, although some may find the reading of recent social history rather left wing. Against the backdrop of the new, dispiriting, CJS White Paper, here is a prophet for our times. * Legal and Criminological Psychology *Garland's book is more than just an important contribution to criminology. It is also a major work of social analysis, which deserves to be read more widely ... his account of changes in crime control also provides one of the clearest and most convincing characterizations of contemporary society in general. * Robert Reiner, The Times Literary Supplement *Table of Contents1. A History of the Present ; 2. Modern Criminal Justice and the Penal-Welfare State ; 3. The Crisis of Penal Modernism ; 4. Social Change and Social Order in Late Modernity ; 5. Policy Predicament: Adaptation, Denial and Acting Out ; 6. Crime Complex: The Culture of High Crime Societies ; 7. The New Culture of Crime Control ; 8. Crime Control and Social Order ; Bibliography ; Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection reflects upon the ways in which crime and its control feature in the political and cultural landscapes of contemporary societies. The book discusses the meaning of crime and punishment in late-modern society.Trade ReviewUp-to-date, yet accessible exposition of criminological theory * Dr Yvonne Jewkes, Coventry University *The essays provide a good overview of a broad spectrum of the subject. * Paul Okojie, Manchester Metropolitan University *A tidy and very well priced volume giving access to overarching themes and issues in criminology. * Dr D. A. Holmes, Manchester Metropolitan University *

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Book SynopsisShe Took Justice: The Black Woman, Law, and Power â 1619 to 1969 proves that The Black Woman liberated herself. Readers go on a journey from the invasion of Africa into the Colonial period and the Civil Rights Movement. The Black Woman reveals power, from Queen Nzingha to Shirley Chisholm.In She Took Justice, we see centuries of courage in the face of racial prejudice and gender oppression. We gain insight into American history through The Black Woman's fight against race laws, especially criminal injustice. She became an organizer, leader, activist, lawyer, and judge â a fighter in her own advancement.These engaging true stories show that, for most of American history, the law was an enemy to The Black Woman. Using perseverance, tenacity, intelligence, and faith, she turned the law into a weapon to combat discrimination, a prestigious occupation, and a platform from which she could lift others as she rose. This is a book for every reader.Trade ReviewVividly written and profoundly researched, Gloria Browne-Marshall has gifted us with the lives of bold brilliant women of African descent who fought for freedom, equality, dignity. This timely and riveting book is urgently needed, now!—Blanche Wiesen Cook, author, Eleanor Roosevelt, Vols I, II, IIIGloria Browne-Marshall has written a powerful primer for everyone in America who needs to know that Black women have never needed to be saved. —Khalil Gibran Muhammad, author, The Condemnation of Blackness. Professor of History, Race and Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy SchoolBrowne-Marshall lifts the voices of these Black women so that the world may see the depths to which they have succumbed and the ground they have covered in their quest to liberate and advocate for social justice. —Brenda M. Greene, Professor of English and Founder/Executive Director of the Center for Black Literature at Medgar Evers College (CUNY)Scholar-Activist Gloria Browne-Marshall has done it again. She took Justice is a tour-de-force. These Black women, despite the racial and gender vagaries of their time, pursued justice at all cost, including the endangerment of their own lives. —Shaun L. Gabbidon, Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice, Penn State University-Harrisburg She Took Justice gives the world a new story told beautifully. It is a miraculous ride. This book provides substantial evidence that the Black Woman's power existed well beyond the confines of law or the traditional telling of American history.—Pamela Meanes, Past President of the National Bar Association and law partner Thompson Coburn, LLCTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; Timeline of Selected Cases and Events; Prelude; 1. We Were Queens; 2. Her Bondage; 3. Trials and Tribulations; 4. Female Fugitives; 5. Slaves in Court; 6. Segregated Freedom; 7. Lynched, Raped, and Violated; 8. Her Mind Matters; 9. Politics of Freedom; 10. A Force for Good; 11. She Is an Activist; 12. Sankofa; Table of Cases; Bibliography; Index

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