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ironic when a viper wastes public funds for a fake search and then is not prosecuted for lack of funds.
Robert R. Silverthorne of Santa Ana police states that criminals learn the lesson: “use a gun, go to jail, use a pen or keyboard, and probably not.”418 Criminals learn from others of the same ilk that certain crimes are not prosecuted and can be lucrative. It is unfortunate that they perceive that hoax crimes pay.
Another aspect of the costs is that the cost of punishment outweighs its effect.
There is a theory that punishing for deterrent effect creates a cost beyond what it might otherwise have been part of an individual punishment.419 However, for hoaxes, it need not be so. The use of community service and restitution may be less costly than additional incarceration, and may serve as a deterrent is properly imposed.
The False Claims Act Amendments makes a good point. The introductory statement of the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, reads:
I believe that persons who committed fraud against he U. S. Government should not get away with it just because the cost of pursuing a case is too high. By modernizing statute, we can not only insure that those guilty of defrauding the government will be held accountable, but we can also recoup many losses suffered by the Government and perhaps deter those from happening in the future. We should be actively trying to recoup losses of tax
418 Ibid.
419 Franklin E. Zimring and Gordon J. Hawkins, Deterrence, the Legal Threat in Crime Control, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1973.
Object Description
| Title | An argument for the criminal hoax |
| Author | Pellegrini, Laura A. |
| Author email | user1963@yahoo.com; teachpolsci@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Political Science |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-08-20 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-10-13 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Renteln, Alison Dundes |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Wong, Janelle S. Newland, Chester A. |
| Abstract | Hoaxes are part of the fabric of history. While many provide humor and lighthearted joy, the criminal hoax does not. To date, researchers have included aspects of the criminal hoax in larger academic works. This is an original typology that sets forth the criminal hoax as a distinct part of the larger field of law and public policy. This work provides newly created definitions including four distinct categories of hoaxes: the monetary hoax, the attention getter hoax, the hate crime hoax and the racial hoax. It further illustrates these types with actual detailed accounts of hoaxes and provides insights to each one. It makes policy recommendations concerning the four categories of needs: 1. legislative action, 2. a nationwide statistical database of hoax events, 3. media involvement, and 4. law enforcement training and action to deal with criminal hoaxes. Finally, it recommends further research to identify the causes and motivations of vipers. The ultimate goal of this project is to find ways to eliminate criminal hoaxes. |
| Keyword | criminal hoax; hoax categories |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1659 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Rights | Pellegrini, Laura A. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Filename | etd-Pellegrini-2397 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume26/etd-Pellegrini-2397.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 150 |
| Contributing entity | University of Southern California |
| Repository email | cisadmin@lib.usc.edu |
| Full text | 144 ironic when a viper wastes public funds for a fake search and then is not prosecuted for lack of funds. Robert R. Silverthorne of Santa Ana police states that criminals learn the lesson: “use a gun, go to jail, use a pen or keyboard, and probably not.”418 Criminals learn from others of the same ilk that certain crimes are not prosecuted and can be lucrative. It is unfortunate that they perceive that hoax crimes pay. Another aspect of the costs is that the cost of punishment outweighs its effect. There is a theory that punishing for deterrent effect creates a cost beyond what it might otherwise have been part of an individual punishment.419 However, for hoaxes, it need not be so. The use of community service and restitution may be less costly than additional incarceration, and may serve as a deterrent is properly imposed. The False Claims Act Amendments makes a good point. The introductory statement of the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, reads: I believe that persons who committed fraud against he U. S. Government should not get away with it just because the cost of pursuing a case is too high. By modernizing statute, we can not only insure that those guilty of defrauding the government will be held accountable, but we can also recoup many losses suffered by the Government and perhaps deter those from happening in the future. We should be actively trying to recoup losses of tax 418 Ibid. 419 Franklin E. Zimring and Gordon J. Hawkins, Deterrence, the Legal Threat in Crime Control, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, 1973. |
