Across the world each year millions of people are victimised by online crime, many of whom fall victim to online fraud … current research is strongly motivated by the need to translate research on romance fraud victimology into practical and …. One of the most enduring and prolific types of online fraud is romance fraud. Romance fraud often leads to financial and …

Cyber-enabled fraud has transformed, becoming more complex and making it harder for targets and law enforcement to … detect its occurrence. This study aims to recontextualize a major manifestation of this transformation, a crime called hybrid … investment fraud, colloquially known as pig butchering. Hybrid investment fraud describes a cyber-enabled fraud whereby criminals …

Fraud is the most frequently experienced crime in the UK, yet significantly underreported. Despite its prevalence …, understanding and addressing fraud remains challenging. This paper applies the interdisciplinary framework of 'wicked problems' to … fraud, proposing a novel approach to categorise fraud based on its impact on victims rather than the intent of perpetrators …

This research aims to identify the historical roots of Financial Statement Fraud (FSF) detection research and ascertain … initial publication pace from 1989, followed by a surge in 2003, aligned with global accounting fraud scandals. Through RPYS …

Drawing together extant literature this paper explores the anatomy of doorstep crime rogue trading, the motives of the … offenders and identifies the criminal offences relevant to the response to this in-person fraud. An under-explored fraud … typology in academia, the crime is often misunderstood by law enforcement, resulting in an incorrect classification as a civil …

not significantly associated with all modalities of fear of crime investigated, with the exception of altruistic fear of …

creating challenges for law enforcement. Fraud, particularly, has become a pervasive issue. In response, virtual asset service … providers must take measures to tackle cryptocurrency-related fraud. Nevertheless, this becomes challenging if the perpetrator … challenges of addressing virtual crimes by contrasting fraud (Fraud Act 2006) with sexual assault (Sexual Offences Act 2003 …

brings scholars and papers together exploring economic crime. The paper argues that crimes associated with economic … economic crime and that this is a natural development of criminology. …

crime, yet no crime without communication. Put differently, the criminal act in technology-mediated environments is always …' understanding of action onto acts of cybercrime, the crime-as-communication approach instead builds a communication-based foundation … constitute cybercrime, crime-as-communication offers a principled way of analysing mediated crime specifically, and action in …