CRIMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC CRIME

Computer Crime: A Criminological Overview

This paper provides an overview of computer-related crime. Nine varieties of crime are considered: theft of services; communications in furtherance of criminal conspiracies; information piracy and forgery; the dissemination of offensive materials (including extortion threats); electronic money laundering; electronic vandalism and terrorism; telemarketing fraud; illegal interception; and electro...

Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory Neurology and Crime

Criminological appraisals of psychiatric explanations of crime: 1936-1950.

Until the 1920s most North American criminologists echoed the viewpoints of European scholars. The major criminological works had been written by the Italian positivists Cesare Lombroso, Enrico Ferri and Raffaele Garofalo all of whom portrayed the criminal as pathological, the product of physical or mental abnormalities. They attempted to reveal, through scientific experimentation and controlle...

Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory Brain Abnormalities and Crime

Economic Downturns and Crime

The United States is currently recovering from a broad recession that is considered the longest-lasting economic downturn since World War II. Various indicators of economic strength, such as the unemployment rate and foreclosures, reached their worst showings in decades during the recession and the following months. The current state of the economy has continued to spark debate concerning wheth...