“Just google it.” Google’s search engine is so dominant that the company name has become a verb synonymous with conducting an Internet search. According to the European Commissioner for Competition, Margrethe Vestager, Google has become too dominant, at least with respect to comparison shopping and product searches. For that reason, the European Union (EU) spent seven years investigating Google’s trade practices. The investigation culminated in […]

In 2013, Lou Pole flew over the handlebars of his motorcycle while racing at a motocross contest. Lou landed on his head, flipped over, and came to rest face down in the dirt. As a result of the accident, Lou became a quadriplegic. Lou was wearing all of the recommended safety equipment, including a $500 Fox Racing Helmet, a full-face motocross helmet that was designed […]

Discrimina, Inc. recently received a number of correction orders from OSHA. The local Fire Marshall has also warned them that the welding area does not comply with the fire codes. In particular, the stairwell is not up to OSHA or state fire codes. It is an open stairs in the office annex next to the shop. The owner contends that it is not a problem, […]

As the director of the internal auditing and fraud investigation departments for a large retail company that buys and sells large volumes of products, you have received an anonymous tip from a confidential employee in one of the high-tech warehouses. The confidential employee noted that there was a major embezzlement taking place in one of the divisions. Members of the internal audit department had completed […]

In preparation for a court appearance, the federal law enforcement agency wants to ensure proper forensic processes and techniques are used in a computer crime case involving identify theft.  When challenging the admissibility of the digital evidence, the defense examiner will evaluate the authentication and chain of custody techniques used. The federal law enforcement agency would like your company, AB Investigative Services (ABIS), to identify […]

In looking at the diagnostic criteria for substance use disorders, many clinicians and researchers believe that these criteria could be applied to behaviors outside of substance use to classify other addictive behaviors. To this end, gambling disorder was added as a diagnostic classification in the DSM-5. Imagine that you are on the next DSM revision committee. What addictive behavior (not including substance use or gambling) […]

What does the future hold for our criminal justice system’s efforts to capture criminals? Many thought that DNA was the ultimate answer, but most crimes don’t involve DNA evidence. Remember that once upon a time, society thought that the fingerprint was the magic key, What is next? How do we maintain the balance between effective detection techniques, which require some intrusion into our private lives, […]

eBay is one of the biggest online auctioning companies in the world. Buyers and sellers of all types are able to hop online, put up something for sale, and sell it! Basically, the way it works is that you find something you want to bid on, place a bid on it, and wait to see if your bid wins. If it does, you send your […]

When Jamie’s mother, Arlene, attended the first-term Parent Teacher Association meeting, Carole, another parent who works as a case manager at a local community mental-health clinic, helped seat her. Over coffee after the PTA meeting, Arlene disclosed her concerns about the changes in Jamie. A little over a year ago, Jamie was kidnapped and sexually victimized over a 2-day period, after which he managed to […]

Police departments that are ready to implement a community policing program or project can align their overall plan as well as their goals and objectives based upon various theories. The broken windows theory focuses on the prevention of crime by working to eliminate citizen fears, social isolation, and community deterioration. The community policing program or project could be tailored around the theory’s main components so […]