Pennsylvania Man Admits Conspiring with Alleged Members of Organized Crime Family and Others in Fraud Scheme

Pennsylvania Man Admits Conspiring with Alleged Members of Organized Crime Family and Others in Fraud Scheme A Pennsylvania man today admitted he conspired to defraud FIRSTPLUS Financial Group Inc. (FPFG),…
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Two New Jersey Investors Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Bid-rigging Schemes at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions

Two New Jersey Investors Plead Guilty for Their Roles in Bid-rigging Schemes at Municipal Tax Lien Auctions Two financial investors who purchased municipal tax liens pleaded guilty today for their…
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Justice Department to File Lawsuit Against the State of North Carolina to Stop Discriminatory Changes to Voting Law

Justice Department to File Lawsuit Against the State of North Carolina to Stop Discriminatory Changes to Voting Law The Justice Department announced today that it intends to file a lawsuit…
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Journeys into Drugs and Crime: Jamaican Men Involved in the UK Drugs Trade. By Angie Heal (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2015, 183pp. £63.00 hb/pb)

Journeys into Drugs and Crime: Jamaican Men Involved in the UK Drugs Trade. By Angie Heal (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2015, 183pp. £ hb/pb) Journeys into Drugs and Crime: Jamaican Men Involved…
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Latinos in the war on drugs: The role of offender citizenship status and family ties on downward departures

Latinos in the war on drugs: The role of offender citizenship status and family ties on downward departures Volume 15, Issue 4, October-December 2017, Page 307-329. Melissa A. Logue Read…
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Examining general strain: Using subjective and objective measures of academic strain to predict delinquency

Examining general strain: Using subjective and objective measures of academic strain to predict delinquency Volume 15, Issue 4, October-December 2017, Page 330-348. Nina Barbieri Read the syndicated article here
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Trust is hard to come by: Disentangling the influence of structural characteristics and race on perceptions of trust in the police in a major Southern County

Trust is hard to come by: Disentangling the influence of structural characteristics and race on perceptions of trust in the police in a major Southern County Volume 15, Issue 4,…
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The Unintended consequences of sentencing reforms: Using social chain theory to examine racial disparities in Female imprisonment

The Unintended consequences of sentencing reforms: Using social chain theory to examine racial disparities in Female imprisonment Volume 15, Issue 4, October-December 2017, Page 394-423. Breanna Boppre Read the syndicated…
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