The Dark Figure and the Cyber Fraud Rise in Europe: Evidence from Spain

A reduction in property crime has been a central feature of criminological discussion in the last 25 years, and numerous studies have used police statistics to identify a drop throughout the Western world. However, fraud, which is included in a broad definition of property crime, has typically not b...

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Authors: Kemp, Steven (Author) ; Miró Llinares, Fernando (Author) ; Moneva, Asier (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2020]
In: European journal on criminal policy and research
Year: 2020, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 293-312
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