Currently, the problems associated with growth of crime in field information and telecommunication technologies are becoming increasingly important. Criminals who commit theft regularly improve their criminal skills, using activities not only modern software tools, but also social engineering methods — certain techniques, as a result which victim either independently transfers his money to acco...

Abstract Crime victimization is associated with a more unfavorable health profile. We examined associations of property, violence, and sexual crime mental indices for depression, anxiety, loneliness explore their etiology in Dutch twin families. The data were collected from adult twins, parents, siblings, spouses, offspring participating longitudinal survey studies the Netherlands Twin Register...

This paper addresses three main areas and develops a conceptual framework for identity fraud profiling. First, we identify the main contemporary profiling methods that are crime and/or business based. Second, accepting the current information systems (IS) facilitated attack channels and methods used by identity crime perpetrators (Jamieson & Stephens & Winchester 2007), we investigate how to be...

This study compares three groups of murderers: those who have received a death sentence (n = 18), those who were eligible to receive a death sentence but did not have it sought against them (n = 18), and those who were not eligible for the death penalty (n = 18). A retrospective record review of these 54 pretrial detainees in South Carolina who underwent court-ordered competency and criminal re...

Hospitals in low crime areas, believed to be far removed from gang activity, might suddenly be involved in a gang shooting situation for which their staffs are ill-prepared, as the author relates. He describes the need to have a policy in place in advance of a gang victim arriving at your ED to avoid situations where staff and patients are put in danger. The article presents the highlights of a...