RT Article
T1 Buyer Beware, or Buyer Unaware? Examining the Correlates of Consumer Fraud Victimization Acknowledgment in the United States
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 71
IS 6/7
SP 2493
OP 2517
A1 Maher, Cooper A.
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1926663535
AB Victims’ acknowledgment of their experiences as criminal events is a crucial first step to any criminal justice involvement. Works examining the topic have identified several factors associated with acknowledgment, including the seriousness of the offense, repeat victimization, help-seeking behaviors, and distress. Despite this, works examining acknowledgment have been restricted to interpersonal offenses, limiting understandings of whether correlates of acknowledgment can apply in other specific domains, such as for consumer fraud. Using a sample of consumer fraud victims from the National Crime Victimization Survey Supplemental Fraud Survey (n = 411), findings indicate that distress and help-seeking increased odds of acknowledgment, while repeat victimization was not associated with acknowledgment. Findings are discussed in light of future directions for research and policy.
K1 White-collar Crime
K1 Victimization
K1 victim decision-making
K1 Fraud
K1 acknowledgment
DO 10.1177/00111287231197422