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…The most widely known example of game theory is probably the prisoner's dilemma: A zero-sum game cooperation game that got its name from the following hypothetical situation: imagine two criminals arrested under the suspicion of having committed a crime together…

…and regulations are broken, the punishment is made so severe that the other people in the town will be intimidated so that they will not commit the same crime.…

…. The intention of this paper is to explore the differing levels of punitive measures that have been imposed on individuals and to show a correlation between excessive punishment and ‘information crime’. The inference that information is more highly valued than money…

…by harsher punishments and restricting sales to a few designated shops. Social Benefits In 1998, the cost of crime related to drug abuse was estimated at approximately $88.9 billion dollars. As discussed previously, the crime related costs during Prohibition…

…. One of the crimes Gravano committed was a bank robbery. The one glitch was that Gravano was identified by a security guard but through the ways of organized crime that guard was bribed $10,000.00 to not remember anything. As punishment Gravano was ordered…

…that Watson and Holmes feed off the excitement of fighting crime is understandable. This excitement at times, however, seems to overshadow their desire to protect the innocent and punish the guilty in the eyes of the law. In fact, most of the cases that Sherlock…

…to punish him. He finds his adultery morally unjust and totally unacceptable. This leads him to punish himself and torture his soul in repentance of his unthinkable crime. It is not the state that punishes Dimmesdale; for it is he who takes it upon himself…

…if it is a first offense. This makes serious drug penalties more severe than an attempted murder crimes. In the 1980s presidents Reagan and Bush began a “War on Drugs”. In 1981, $1.46 billion were spent against drugs. It increased to $12 billion in 1992…

…the influence” (OUI) and “operating while intoxicated” (OWI). The different names for the crime reflect differences in the state statutes that define the crime. However, all the statutes have the common purpose of punishing drunk driving and driving under…

…have committed a crime against him and Germany. So either way they would have committed a crime and punished for it. Even Edward Leroy Van Roden, a President Judge said that “to find patriots of the enemy nation guilty for doing their patriotic duty…