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.
A1 Snyder, Samantha
A1 Bosley, Stacie
A1 Chenoweth, Dalton
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