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CRIMINOLOGIST [3 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Criminology
DEF

A term first used by criminologist Edwin H. Sutherland to cover business crimes such as embezzlement, price fixing, antitrust violations, etc.

CONT

White-collar crime. Includes fraud, false pretenses, misappropriation of funds, theft, breach of trust, secret commissions, offences against the Government of Canada, corruption of public officials, offences relating to property rights, tax fraud, the insolvency process, securities fraud, identity theft or fraud and counterfeiting on an interprovincial, national and international scale.

PHR

Crack down on white-collar crime.

PHR

White-collar crime fighter.

Key term(s)
  • white collar crime

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Criminologie
CONT

Criminalité en col blanc. Comprend la fraude, les faux semblants, le détournement de fonds, le vol, l'abus de confiance, les commissions secrètes, les infractions contre le gouvernement du Canada, la corruption de fonctionnaires publics, les infractions aux droits de propriété, la fraude fiscale, le régime de l'insolvabilité, la fraude en valeurs mobilières, le vol d'identité et la contrefaçon à l'échelle interprovinciale, nationale et internationale.

Key term(s)
  • criminalité de col blanc

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Criminología
CONT

Las altas tasas de delincuencia de cuello blanco se dan precisamente en las zonas residenciales ajardinadas en donde viven los magnates de las grandes empresas rodeados de un lujo ostentoso.

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Record 2 2012-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Police
DEF

The system of identification of criminals by anthropometric measurements, finger-prints, etc., invented by Alphonse Bertillon(1853-1914), French criminologist.

OBS

Compare with the closely related term "judicial anthropometry."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Police
DEF

Système d'identification des criminels par l'anthropométrie.

OBS

Système inventé par le criminaliste français Alphonse Bertillon et mis en application à partir de 1882.

OBS

Le verbe bertillonner («identifier par le procédé du bertillonnage») est attesté.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho probatorio
  • Policía
DEF

Sistema de identificación que se basa en las medidas antropométricas según el método de Bertillon.

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Record 3 2009-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Criminology
OBS

Professional Criminologist Association of Quebec : literal translation given for information only.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Criminologie
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

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