Gambling Offences in UK Law

  • Criminological measures to counteract corruption offences in the field of illegal gambling
    • No. 30-1, January 2023
    • Journal of Financial Crime
    • 0000
    Purpose: Despite all the anti-corruption measures and anti-corruption initiatives, people offer or accept bribes without any hesitation. As anywhere in the world, the negative consequences of corru...
  • Should gambling be a predicate for money laundering?
    • No. 7-3, July 2004
    • Journal of Money Laundering Control
    • 254-260
    Defines predicate‐based offences as derivative offences, ie offences like money laundering that depend on the existence of others. Examines gambling as a rational choice social activity, estimates ...
  • Corporate Justice: Some Preliminary Thoughts*
    • No. 17-2, June 1984
    • Journal of Criminology (formerly Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology)
    Through the rapid modern growth of private security as a form of “internal” policing, and the preference of many large organizations for handling problems “internally” which might previously have b...
    ... ... often not regarded as warranting intervention (eg, moral offences, "victimless" crimes, etc), Indeed, it is not hard to see that certain crimes (eg, gambling, intimidation of union activists, prostitution etc) may actually ... ...
  • Problem gambling among a group of male prisoners: Lifetime prevalence and association with incarceration
    • No. 48-1, March 2015
    • Journal of Criminology (formerly Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology)
    Studies have shown an association between criminal offending and problem gambling; however, research concerning problem gambling among prisoners is limited. Although reported prevalence rates are h...
    ... ... antisocial impulsivist problem gamblers and offenders, prisoners afflicted with problem gambling may be incarcerated for a variety of offences which may or may not be related to their gambling. There is a paucity of research investigating the rate of problem 74 Australian & New Zealand ... ...
  • The Legislation of Morality
    • No. 61-4, October 1988
    • Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
    ... ... morality during the Thatcher years have included the Sexual Offences Act 1985, which criminalized for the first time in British history ... in both printed and pictorial forms, illicit drugs, and gambling facilities together with such "services" as prostitution, abortion ... ...
  • Online gambling and money laundering: “views from the inside”
    • No. 15-3, July 2012
    • Journal of Money Laundering Control
    • 304-315
    Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the “relationship” between the regulated online gambling sector in Great Britain and potential for money laundering. Design/methodology/approach: D...
    ... ... This was followed by anotherMoney Laundering Directive in 2001 and extended the offences covered by the FirstDirective; the range of professions covered and established the expectation of a FinancialIntelligence Unit within each member ... ...
  • ‘The police are rottenly corrupt’: Policing, scandal, and the regulation of illegal betting in Depression-era Sydney
    • No. 48-4, December 2015
    • Journal of Criminology (formerly Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology)
    One groundbreaking aspect of the Wood Royal Commission into police corruption in New South Wales was to recognize the importance of the historical dimension of corruption. The historical consensus ...
    ... ... Keywords Commissions of inquiry, corruption, history, illegal gambling, policing, Royal Commissions Introduction Few major scandals have had a ... There had been 1034 prosecutions for betting offences in Sydney and Newcastle alone in the September quarter of 1933 ( Sun , 23 ... ...
  • Book Review: The Sociology of Crime and Delinquency, Marvin E. Wolfgong, Leonard Savitz, Norman Johnston (eds.), Wiley, New York, 1970 (2nd edition) xii + 676 pp.; $8.35 (paperback), and The Sociology of Punishment and Correction, Normon Johnston, Leonard Savitz, Marvin E. Wolfgang (eds.), Wiley, New York, 1970 (2nd edition), xii + 843 pp., $9.40 (paperback)
    • No. 3-3, September 1970
    • Journal of Criminology (formerly Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology)
    ... ... descriptions of organized crime, drug taking, homicide, sex offences and gambling. These vary in quality and seem to have been included ... ...
  • The Differential Treatment Unit: Part II
    • No. 23-4, December 1976
    • Probation Journal
    ... ... of course include relating the problem search to the offences. It has become clear that because our efforts are concentrated ... Mr. K. had a serious gambling problem but it was not considered appropriate to tackle this ... ...
  • Public Co-Operation with the Police in South India
    • No. 10-1, January 1937
    • Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
    ... ... station, and (ii) information in respect of cognizable offences; (g) to report promptly any other information regarding the ... (j) to take such steps as are feasible to prevent rowdyism, gambling, and street offences; (k) to encourage, by personal example and by ... ...
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