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Economic Crime and Punishment in North Korea

Noland, Marcus; Haggard, Stephan M. - 2011

The penal system has played a central role in the North Korean government's response to the country's profound economic and social changes. As the informal market economy has expanded, so have the scope of economic crimes. Two refugee surveys – one conducted in China, one in South Korea –...

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Unjust Laws and Illegal Norms

Carbonara, Emanuela; Parisi, Francesco; von Wangenheim, … - 2012

Due to a variety of circumstances, lawmakers occasionally create laws whose aims are perceived as outright unjust by the majority of the people. In other situations, the law may utilize improper means for the pursuit of a just goal. In all such cases, lawmaking processes generate rules that do...

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The Model Federal Sentencing Guidelines Project : A Simplified Economic Crimes Guideline, Model Sentencing Guidelines §2b1.1

Bowman III, Frank O. - 2006

This Article is the third of twelve parts of a set of Model Federal Sentencing Guidelines designed to illustrate the feasibility and advantages of a simplified approach to federal sentencing proposed by the Constitution Project Sentencing Initiative. The Model Sentencing Guidelines and the...

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Tätermotivation in der Wirtschaftskriminalität

Cleff, Thomas; Luppold, Lisa; Naderer, Gabriele; … - 2008

Die vorliegende Studie skizziert zunächst die Bedeutung von Wirtschaftskriminalität aus Sicht der deutschen Unternehmen sowie den derzeitigen Forschungsstand zu den Ursachen von Wirtschaftskriminalität. Dabei wird deutlich, dass die Motive von Wirtschaftsstraftätern noch nicht hinreichend...

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Tätermotivation in der Wirtschaftskriminalität

Cleff, Thomas; Luppold, Lisa; Naderer, Gabriele; … - 2008

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Ride-Sharing, Fatal Crashes, and Crime

Dills, Angela K. - 2017

whether the introduction of the ride-sharing service, Uber, is associated with changes in fatal vehicle crashes and crime. We …

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Can Transportation Subsidies Reduce Failures to Appear in Criminal Court? Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Brough, Rebecca; Freedman, Matthew; Ho, Daniel E.; … - 2021

The failure to appear (FTA) for a scheduled court hearing can have serious consequences for a criminal defendant. Many have speculated that transportation is a material barrier to court appearance. We provide evidence from the first randomized controlled trial of transportation subsidies to...

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Economic crimes : trends and ways to overcome them (with the Irkutsk oblast as an example)

Belousova, S. V. - In: Problems of economic transition 58 (2016) 7/9, pp. 776-793

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Does prostitution constrain sex crimes? : micro-evidence from Korea

Cho, Seo-Young - 2015

This paper investigates empirically whether prostitution reduces sex crimes. Theoretical predictions suggest two contradicting effects: substituting or complementing. By using survey data of sex offenders in Korea, I find that prostitution increases the probability of committing sex crimes....

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Status-seeking in criminal subcultures and the double dividend of zero-tolerance

Dur, Robert A. J.; Weele, Joël J. van der - 2011

double dividend in that it reduces both minor offenses and more severe crime. We develop a model of criminal subcultures in … attractive for some people who would otherwise commit more severe crime. If social status is sufficiently important in criminal … subcultures, zero-tolerance reduces crime across the board. -- status concerns ; street crime ; subcultures ; penalties ; zero …

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