RT Article
T1 County trajectories of pyramid scheme victimization
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 79
IS 3
SP 291
OP 317
A1 Greenman, Sarah J.
A2 Snyder, Samantha
A2 Bosley, Stacie
A2 Chenoweth, Dalton
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1841269050
AB Community-level vulnerability to pyramid scheme fraud may be affected by place-based sources of strain and opportunity. Using national victim data from a pyramid scheme fraud case from 2000-2013, this research explores pyramid scheme adoption with group-based trajectory modeling (GBTM). GBTM is used to look for distinct trajectories of pyramid scheme join rates and to explore the effect of strain, as measured by a county’s Social Vulnerability Index and unemployment rate, and opportunity or protection, as measured by a series of social capital variables, on the group trajectories. Findings suggest that county-level strain, including the county’s Social Vulnerability Index and unemployment rate are related to pyramid scheme victimization, especially early adoption. We also find that social capital variables - which can, in theory, reduce strain or increase opportunity - have a nuanced relationship with fraud victimization. While our findings are drawn from a single pyramid scheme, they point to the potential to analyze case data to inform preventative and monitoring strategies appropriate to local-level characteristics.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 314-317
K1 Financial Fraud
K1 Group-Based Trajectory
K1 Pyramid Scheme
K1 Victimization
DO 10.1007/s10611-022-10050-1