First, providing an unquestioning host for stolen assets for criminals provides a safe mechanism to launder their assets and strengthen their resolve in committing corruption.
As Cook and Ludwig put it: The simplistic notion that crime is proportional to the number of "criminals" provides no more illumination than asserting that farm output is proportional to the number of "farmers".
Leonard's villains are particularly colourful, while his protagonists, whether policemen, civilians, or honest criminals, provide his stories' moral focus.
"Recent technological advances have the potential to greatly embolden online criminals, providing new methods for abusers to avoid detection," he said.
The American constitution with its constraints designed to protect citizens from unfair prosecution could also be used to shield criminals providing there was enough money available to employ clever lawyers to manipulate the system.
Mr. Pataki's second bill would expand DNA sampling of convicted criminals, providing an ever-larger computer index of genetic profiles to compare against evidence collected at crime scenes.
Compromising or turning an insider is a big win for criminals, providing a precious pipeline to account info, network passwords, or a company's deepest secrets.
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Or do we want to be a nation like Norway that seeks to rehabilitate criminals, providing them with needed life and job skills so they have a chance at becoming productive members of society instead of returning to a life of crime?
The exchange of information extracted from the criminal record provides European magistrates with specific mechanisms making it possible to speed up proceedings so that criminals do not go unpunished.
We also need to work to provide alternatives to the livelihoods that poaching – however criminal - provides.
