Consolidated Theft in the U.S. Criminal Law

Shestak, Viktor; Silkin, Dmitriy

Consolidated Theft in the U.S. Criminal Law

Shestak, V.A. & Silkin, D.V. (2020). Consolidated theft in the U.S. criminal law. Law and the modern economy: new challenges and prospects: III conference with international participation (9 April 2020). Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Economics.

8 Pages Posted: 20 May 2020

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Viktor Shestak

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Dmitriy Silkin

MGIMO

Date Written: April 9, 2020

Abstract

Authors analyze the U.S. criminal law on non-violent crimes against property consolidated into one offence - consolidated theft. Authors examine the peculiarities of penal codes of several states of the U.S. in the context of the approach to the legal implementation of the provisions on theft, give different approaches to the definition of this offence by states’ penal codes and also analyze the reasons of the consolidated theft implementation by states’ jurisdictions.

Keywords: the U.S. criminal law, consolidated theft, larceny, embezzlement, crimes against property

JEL Classification: К14

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Shestak, Viktor and Silkin, Dmitriy, Consolidated Theft in the U.S. Criminal Law (April 9, 2020). Shestak, V.A. & Silkin, D.V. (2020). Consolidated theft in the U.S. criminal law. Law and the modern economy: new challenges and prospects: III conference with international participation (9 April 2020). Saint Petersburg: Saint Petersburg State University of Economics., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3583571