RT Article
T1 Car insurance fraud: The role of vehicle repair workshops
JF International journal of law, crime and justice
VO 65
A1 Macedo, Ana Maria
A2 Amaral da Costa Brás da Cunha, Catarina
A2 Marques Neto, Joana Sofia
A2 Viana Cardoso, Cristiana
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764289986
AB This article explores the role of vehicle repair workshops in car insurance fraud and how they might contribute to the reduction or increment of this type of crime, which has been an overlooked research area. The data collection method used was on-site semi-structured interviews through a convenience sample of twenty vehicle repair workshops in Oporto (Portugal). The results revealed that vehicle repair workshops facilitate insurance fraud mainly by cooperating with the vehicles owners and by not reporting their fraudulent attempts and practices to the authorities nor to the insurance company. As one of the actors involved in the dynamics of insurance fraud, vehicle repair workshops have the potential to prevent those crimes.
K1 Fraud
K1 Insurance
K1 Vehicle
K1 Vehicle repair workshops
DO 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2021.100456