Explaining fraud deviancy attenuation in the United Kingdom

Fraud is one of the most costly crimes to society. There have been a number of studies documenting the low priority and resources allocated to fraud, but there has been little attempt to conceptualise the processes which lead to this. This paper develops a concept that is the antithesis to deviancy...

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Authors: Button, Mark 1969- (Author) ; Tunley, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2015, Volume: 63, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 49-64
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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