PSYC 3402 Study Guide - Final Guide: White-Collar Crime, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Serial Killer
19 Jan 2017
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Case study: ponzi scheme committed by gary sorenson and milowe brost. Emc definition: crimes where primary motivation is financial gain. Property crimes are more common then violent crimes. Most common emcs: asset misappropriation (e. g. , employees stealing, procurement fraud (e. g. , unlawful bidding processes, accounting fraud, cybercrime (e. g. , hacking) Property crimes common in canada far outnumbering violent crimes (boyce, Of the 1,793,534 crimes committed in canada in 2014: 369,359 violent crimes, 1,100,403 property crimes, 323,772 other criminal code offences. Emcs are categorized as illegal businesses activities and property crimes: Illegal activities of people within institutions whose acknowledged purpose is (siegel & mccormick, 2003, p. 333) personal profit through legitimate business transactions: organized crime: Illegal activities of organizations whose purpose is profit through illegitimate business enterprise. Angels - as a (cid:498)criminal organization(cid:499) fraud: organized criminal organizations are involved in sex trade, drug trade, and, theft. Intentionally taking property without the permission of the owner of that property (sometimes called larceny)
