Respectable Citizens - Shady Practices

The Economic Morality of the Middle Classes

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ID19971772
AuthorsStephen Farrall (0000-0001-9783-4447, Professor of Criminology, University of Derby), Susanne Karstedt (0000-0002-0269-8858, Professor of Criminology, Griffith University)
Year2020
Pages288
Publication date2020-02-06
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueRespectable Citizens - Shady Practices (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOxford University PressOxford (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/oso/9780199595037.001.0001
OpenAlexW3026752857
Open LibraryOL29476991M
ISBN9780199595037
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited58

Drawing on survey data from a comparative study of England and Wales and the former East and West Germany, this book examines economic crimes of ‘everyday life’, such as overestimating losses in insurance claims, cheating on taxes, misusing store or credit cards, and defrauding medical and social services. The book delves into the extent of both feelings of ‘victimization’ at the hands of insurers, restaurants who add additional charges, banks who make excessive charges, or other citizens during second-hand sales, and of offending, such as deliberately engaging in crimes of everyday life. The study explores the motivations for such offences and how citizens act to defend themselves against victimization and exploit weaknesses in the system to make illegal gains and ‘make good’ on losses. The comparative dimension allows for in-depth insights into the ways in which different national histories of economic transitions affect levels of engagement in crimes in the market place

Political science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Sociology

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