Journal of Financial Crime: Volume 22 Issue 1

Discretionary justice: A comparison and discussion of criminal prosecutions in the history of major financial crimes

James F. Gilsinan, Muhammed Islam, Neil Seitz, James Fisher

– The purpose of this paper is to understand the reasons why some financial crises do not result in extensive criminal prosecutions.

British law on corporate bribery

Jonathan Mukwiri

– This paper aims to assess the effectiveness of the Bribery Act 2010 in curbing corporate bribery.

Legal questions on financial market abuse: Criminal punishment penalties versus private law remedies

Alessandra Pera

The purpose of this study is to underline the impact that globalization of financial markets has on national punishment policies. The US financial crisis has strongly affected…

Directors’ duties in the context of Confucianism

Charles KN Lam, S.H. Goo

The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how Confucianism can be applied in the areas that are now governed by company law in the common law system and how it can play a role…

Applying criminological theory to academic fraud

Nicholas Walker, Kristy Holtfreter

This paper aims to examine academic dishonesty and research misconduct, two forms of academic fraud, and provides suggestions for future research informed by criminological…

The vexing problem of defining financial exploitation

Shelly L. Jackson

The purpose of this paper was to study the vexing problem of defining financial exploitation. Advocates and practitioners in the field who have been battling financial…

Corporate frauds in India – perceptions and emerging issues

P. K. Gupta, Sanjeev Gupta

The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature and perception of corporate frauds in India and their consequences in the business and economic systems, and it highlights the…

Management models for international cybercrime

G. Stevenson Smith

The purpose of this paper is to identify how the management structure of cybercriminals has changed and will continue to be revised in the future as their criminal business models…

Making Hong Kong companies liable for foreign corruption

Bryane Michael

– The purpose of this article is to assess the extent to which Hong Kong’s laws deter its companies from engaging in corruption and bribery abroad.

Editorial

Rowan Bosworth-Davies