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Detection Of Deception In Criminal Defendents: Treatment Or Trial?, Loran Noelle Bounds Jan 2009

Detection Of Deception In Criminal Defendents: Treatment Or Trial?, Loran Noelle Bounds

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The purpose of this study is to determine how to detect whether a person is faking a mental illness. An area that is often malingered is insanity, where criminal defendents will fake that they are mentally ill as to avoid imprisonment or the death penalty. The death penalty is one of the most difficult defenses to raise and is rarely successful.


Healthcare Fraud And Non-Fraud Healthcare Crimes: A Comparison, Michael Ponce Jan 2007

Healthcare Fraud And Non-Fraud Healthcare Crimes: A Comparison, Michael Ponce

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Healthcare fraud is a major problem within the healthcare industry. The study examined medical fraud, its laws, and punishments on federal and state levels. It compared medical fraud to non-fraud crimes done in the healthcare industry. This comparison will be done on a state level. The study attempted to analyze the severity of fraud against non-fraud and that doctors would commit fraud offenses more often than non-fraud offenses.


Cross Cultural Relations In Law Enforcement, Mario Martin Cortez Jan 1998

Cross Cultural Relations In Law Enforcement, Mario Martin Cortez

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No abstract provided.


Survey On The Seriousness Of Crime: A Comparison Of Three Police Departments, Terry J. Comnick Jan 1996

Survey On The Seriousness Of Crime: A Comparison Of Three Police Departments, Terry J. Comnick

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No abstract provided.