RT Article
T1 COVID-19 frauds:
JF Criminology & public policy
VO 20
IS 3
SP 493
OP 543
A1 Kennedy, Jay P.
A2 Rorie, Melissa 1981-
A2 Benson, Michael L. 1950-
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1795634634
AB 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.
K1 Fraud
K1 Covid-19
K1 Self-control
K1 Routine Activity Theory
DO 10.1111/1745-9133.12554