its capacity to finance its basic expenses. Although tax compliance is a major concern for all governments and analytical investigation of tax evasion can be traced as far back as the work‚ one of the pioneers of ‘law and economics’‚ Cesare Beccaria (1764)‚ the problem was long segregated from the main body of economics and left essentially to the attention of tax authorities and jurisprudence. The modern use of economic tools for the analysis of tax compliance can be credited to Allingham
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Death penalty The Death Penalty has been a part of human society and its legal system for centuries‚ regarded as a necessary defense to dangerous crimes and a way to liberate the community from dangerous criminals. However‚ later on this type of punishment came to be regarded as a crime against humanistic ideals by many‚ and its validity in the legal system has been questioned. Today‚ the debate rages on. There have been at least 349 people wrongly convicted of crimes punishable by death since
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istWhy Social Problems Exist? Author By: Dr. Mohammad Shatar Sabran-153 Vol. 25 No. 2 Dec 2003 Introduction It is undeniable that the world is currently facing a multitude of problems. All levels of society concurred with this scenario. Regardless whether they belong to the upper crust or lower level or whether they are doctors‚ lawyers‚ businessmen‚ clerks‚ and gardeners or of other vocations‚ all are in agreement that the world today is not free from all kind of social problems. There are
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WESTERN MINDANAO STATE UNIVERSITY College of Education Graduate School Zamboanga City Course Title: EDAD 203 (ADVANCED EDUCATIONAL SOCIOLOGY) Course Professor: DR. ALICIA T. BALDECANO TOPIC: UNIT 4: DEVIANCE‚ SOCIAL PROBLEM AND SOCIAL CONTROL 1. What is Deviance? Deviant Behavior? 2. Competing Explanations of Deviance: Sociology‚ Psychology and Sociology 3. Types of Deviation: Theories and Causes of Deviance 4. Function of Deviance 5. Social Foundation of Deviance
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Most crime appears to be committed by males. Frances Heidensohn (1996) argues gender differences are the most significant feature of recorded crime; for example official statistics show four out of five convicted offenders are male in England and Wales. Among offenders there are significant gender differences‚ for example official statistics show a higher proportion of men are convicted of sexual offences and males are more likely to be repeat offenders. Some sociologists argue official statistics
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The principle of proportionality – that penalties should be proportionate to the severity of the defendant’s criminal conduct seems to be a basic requirement of fairness. However‚ the last two decades have witnessed continuing debate over the rationales for punishing convicted offenders (Hirsch‚ 1992). Whilst retributivist views punishment as ethnical principles‚ which are morally justified because it is deserved and it is inherently right that the guilty suffer for their wrongdoings‚ others such
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MCJ-202 Foundation of Criminology 1. Are there injurious acts in the society that are not considered and punished as crimes? Give at least 5 and explain. Answer: There are some injurious acts in the society that are not considered as crime‚ because our law is a Reactive and not Proactive mean: the we considered what is the result of what you have done and not the motive or reason of what you have done. Examples of these are: • Drunk Driving Traffic fatalities caused by drivers
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GUN-FREE ZONES DO NOT MAKE US MORE SAFE Columbine High School‚ Littleton‚ Colorado‚ 1999; Trolley Square Mall‚ Salt Lake City‚ Utah‚ 2007; Virginia Tech University‚ Blacksburg‚ Virginia‚ 2007; Westroads Mall‚ Omaha‚ Nebraska‚ 2007; New Life Church‚ Colorado Springs‚ Colorado‚ 2007; Pearl High School‚ Pearl‚ Mississippi‚ 1997. All of these‚ except Colorado Springs were in areas designated as gun-free zones‚ places where state‚ federal‚ and/or private property laws and regulations forbid people
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(Negative Constructive Speech) Practicability As the third speaker of the Negative team‚ I strongly oppose to this resolution‚ Resolved‚ That Death Penalty Be Restored in the Philippines. Why? Because Death Penalty deprives people the right to life. In Article II‚ Section11 of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states: "The State values the dignity of every human person and guarantees full respect for human rights". The Commission on Human Rights has opposed the enactment of any law re-imposing
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SPICE- social‚ political‚ interactions between people‚ cultural‚ economic Absolutism - Divine Right- one ruler has complete rule/power over all his/her territory - levy taxes to finance lifestyle - large standing armies - bureaucracies to control their country’s economy - arts as patronage to display power - increase courts size to appear more powerful - control religious and social gatherings to control the spread of ideas and knowledge - emerged as a way to control instability - Huguenots-a form
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