the status of the border and efforts to map the effects of global capitalism, and US geopolitical ambitions, in crime fiction. According to Shoop, McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men and Winslow’s The Power of the Dog represent two very different approaches to. Shoop’s essay focuses on the US-Mexican border, a spatial category that is at once a specific territory, but that at the same time represents the deterritorialization of capitalism itself, embodied in the ceaseless flow of goods and services across the border zone. The most vulnerable inmates will almost certainly be victimized, albeit for a lesser period of time and even inmates who do not meet the strict vulnerability criteria may themselves be subject to abuse. Moreover, this approach to the problem of inmate-on-inmate abuse is woefully inadequate. At the same time, shorter sentences for inmates convicted of similar offenses seems to be at odds with the values of uniformity and proportionality. Because an inmate subject to sexual abuse will have a harsher prison experience than inmates not subject to such abuse, it seems appropriate to give the most vulnerable inmates a shorter sentence. This policy decision is both welcome and somewhat troubling. The Federal Sentencing Guidelines, which reflect a commitment to both uniformity and proportionality in criminal sentencing, provide for a downward departure in cases of extraordinary vulnerability. This suggests that prison terms of identical length are likely to be experienced quite differently by.

It is widely recognized that some criminal offenders are more vulnerable to abuse at the hands of other inmates-especially young men of small stature and those convicted of sex crimes. This essay reflects on the relevance, if any, of inmate vulnerability as a basis for sentencing determinations. The book’s comprehensive exploration of this new legislation will appeal to policy-makers, students and academics hoping to understand the changes more clearly.

The authors present the new laws in the context of their legal genealogy and demonstrate the benefits they bring in raising the standards for anti-money laundering regulation and counter-terrorism financing. payment institutions that operate across borders by agents, the new method of risk assessment, tax crimes inclusion in “criminal activity” definition, and the effects of new rules on the gambling sector. The authors provide fresh and new insight into the EU’s fourth directive 2015/849, with a specific focus on topics such as: beneficial ownership and effective transparency, the risk-based approach, the issue of supervision of. This book introduces and contextualizes the revised and strengthened legislation on the laundering of criminal funds mandated by the European Union on the 20th May 2015.

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