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| property crime committed by unskillful offenders who act when the opportunity arises |
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| skilled, professional shoplifters who sell their stolen goods to fences or pawn shops |
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| decision-making processes |
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| the ways judges and prosecutors determine what happens at various stages of the criminal justice system |
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| the selling of stolen goods |
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| the temporary stealing of a car or other motor vehicle in order to drive or ride in it for thrills |
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| fraud committed by physicians, attorneys, and other professional workers |
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| a justification or technique of neutralization that minimizes the guilt that criminal offenders may otherwise feel |
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| offenses committed for the excitement |
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| the pattern of relationships and roles in society |
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| the network of tipsters and fences that help burglars carry out their burglaries and dispose of their stolen goods |
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| efforts to make homes, stores, and other buildings less vulnerable to burglary and other crimes |
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| the belief that a small number of Italian American "families" control organized crime in the United States |
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| the stealing of company funds by top management. the term was first used to refer to one type of crime that characterized the U.S. savings and loan scandals of the 1980's |
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| activities or neglect by corporations that lead to injury, illness, or death |
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| the stealing or misappropriation of funds entrusted to an employee |
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| objects the public desires, several of which are provided by organized crime |
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| a group of early twentieth-century U.S. journalists and other social critics of political and corporate corruption and other misconduct |
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| crime committed in the course of one's occupation |
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| crime committed on behalf of an organization |
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| employee theft of workplace items, usually of small value |
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| the practice whereby businesses conspire to fix prices on goods and services rather than let the free market opeate |
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| fraud committed by skilled offenders who carefully plan their offenses |
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| business practices that violate free market principles |
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| the performance of activities that the public desires, several of which are provided by organized crime |
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