The phrase "amount of criminal" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used incorrectly as it lacks clarity and specificity.
Example: "The amount of criminal activity in the area has increased significantly over the past year."
Alternatives: "level of crime" or "extent of criminality".
"This was a dark block in an area where there was a fair amount of criminal activity," Mr. Schneiderman said.
As the amount of criminal justice debt grows so too does the likelihood of incarceration for those unable to pay their financial obligations.
This settlement brings to more than $1 billion the amount of criminal penalties that the Justice Department has assessed this year in cases related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
No amount of criminal prosecution can compensate for the intolerable and painful suffering of our seabirds and the many animals becoming ensnared by oil each day, and in the months and years ahead.
"I think the data pretty well establish that not only are we keeping people out of prison at a better rate but that the amount of criminal activity they are inflicting on the public has also declined," Mr. Werholtz said.
Recent advances in criminological research suggest that there is significant clustering of crime in micro places, or "hot spots," that generate a disproportionate amount of criminal events in a city.
In a footnote to a 2008 publication of Tacitus' Annals, it is noted that "such an amount of criminals [19,000 according to Tacitus and other sources] may probably represent the sweepings of the provinces as well as of Rome and Italy; but even on this supposition the number, as Friedländer remarks (ii, 324), is suggestive of iniquitous condemnations".
Britain and France are the keenest, though neither is likely to opt for full public disclosure of beneficial ownership, at least for now.After decades in which corporate tax fiddles have mushroomed, and colossal amounts of criminal and kleptocrat money have sloshed through the world financial system, even limited progress is welcome.
The amount of rampant criminal fraud in Russia cannot have happened without Putin's knowledge or assent.
He is not charged with causing his roommate's suicide, but prosecutors say his Twitter feeds and webcam spying amount to criminal bullying on account of Mr. Clementi's sexual orientation.
And, then again, even these tantalizing legal outgrowths of the Russia investigation may not amount to criminal charges.
