COVID-19 frauds:
The COVID-19 pandemic threated public health and safety and led to a number of virus-related fraud schemes. We surveyed over 2,200 American adults to investigate their experiences with COVID-19-related frauds. Our goals were to better understand fraud targeting and victimization, as well as the impa...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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2021
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Criminology & public policy
Año: 2021, Volumen: 20, Número: 3, Páginas: 493-543 |
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| Sumario: | The COVID-19 pandemic threated public health and safety and led to a number of virus-related fraud schemes. We surveyed over 2,200 American adults to investigate their experiences with COVID-19-related frauds. Our goals were to better understand fraud targeting and victimization, as well as the impacts of fraud on victims. Over a quarter of our sample reported purchasing either a COVID-19-related product or a service, yet 42.5% reported feeling targeted for fraud. Being a target of COVID-19 frauds is significantly linked to one's routine activities, however it is one's level of self-control that more strongly predicts victimization. COVID-19 anxieties mediate the impact of self-control on purchasing. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-9133 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1745-9133.12554 |