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Opportunities and Alliances: The Relational Dynamics of Criminal Collusion in Latin America
The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Mexico and judicial wiretap analysis in Argentina, this paper shows that collusion between state actors and violent non‐state actors operates through fluid and competitive relational networks rather than stable hierarchies or fixed institutional arrangements.
Eldad J. Levy, Javier Auyero
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Criminal investigation and prosecution of politicians, top civil servants and other public figures are topics frequently discussed in the media. The nature of the investigating or prosecuting authority varies between countries; from the general public ...
Anne van Aaken +2 more
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The prosecution of environmental offences in New Zealand
, 2008 This paper will examine the background law regarding environmental offences under the Resource Management Act 1991 (NZ), prosecution trends, sentencing for RMA offences (including principles of sentencing, sentencing discretion, legislative guidance ...
Daya-Winterbottom, Trevor
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Politics and Criminal Prosecution
Virginia Law Review, 1930 Arthur Evans Wood, Raymond Moley
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Conflicts of Jurisdiction in Criminal Proceedings
EIRP Proceedings, 2015 This paper will consider the practical settlement of conflicts of jurisdiction both in relation to the forum for prosecution and transfer of proceedings.
Mihail Silviu Pocora
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Informed Trade of Earnings Announcements
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how market participants trade on private information about firm fundamentals using the largest known case of informed trade of earnings announcements. From 2011 to 2015, a cartel of sophisticated traders illegally obtained early access to and traded on over 1,000 firm earnings announcements.
CHLOE XIE
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Incidence, Risk, and Disclosure of Corporate Litigation: Insights from Federal Court Filings
Journal of Accounting Research, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We assemble and describe a sample of 174,782 lawsuits filed against 218,437 public‐company lawsuit‐defendants in federal district court from 2006 to 2021. These lawsuits involve an array of allegations, including product liability, civil rights discrimination, contract breaches, improper compensation and labor practices, antitrust violations ...
MARY BROOKE BILLINGS +3 more
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The enforcement of environmental law: civil or criminal penalties?
, 2005 In the United Kingdom, regulatory bodies have traditionally relied on the use of the criminal law to protect the environment. Although the officials employed by these agencies may have regarded it as the ‘last resort’, prosecution – or at least the ...
Watson, Michael
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Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Hair analysis is a well‐established matrix in forensic toxicology, offering a valuable alternative or complement to traditional matrices in diverse contexts, including drug‐facilitated crimes (DFC), elder abuse, and accidental exposure in children.
Amandine Fort +8 more
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Balancing fairness to victims, society and defendants in the cross-examination of vulnerable witnesses: an impossible triangulation? [PDF]
, 2014 This article argues that direct cross-examination of vulnerable witnesses should be removed from Australian trials, to reduce any illegitimate advantage to the defendant.
Plater, D. +5 more
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