From ‘Rogue Traders’ to Organized Crime Groups
Doorstep Fraud of Older Adults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401406 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Coretta Phillips (0000-0001-9796-7792, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 608-626 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjc/azw011 |
| OpenAlex | W2307252816 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 22 |
This paper explores fraudulent acts by offenders who target and pressurize older adults ‘on the doorstep’ to have property repairs, often misrepresenting themselves as skilled tradesmen, and overcharging for such work. It uses extensive documentary materials from 11 enforcement operations in England together with interviews with trading standards officers and financial investigators. Using Reiner’s (2000) Necessary Conditions of Crime framework illustrates the dynamics of doorstep fraud – from ‘low-value’ crimes to incidents of grooming and repeated victimization to the actions of organized crime groups often involving money laundering. The paper’s contribution is a focus on a relatively understudied but vulnerable demographic group in criminology, and in highlighting the investigation practices of non-constabulary law enforcement officers who have not been the subject of empirical study in criminology
Business · Criminology · Empirical research · Enforcement · Law enforcement · Money Laundering · Political science · Property crime · Value (mathematics) · Violent crime · Work (physics) · Computer Science · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Engineering · Law · Psychology
Vigilance at home
Preventing fraud victimisation against older adults
The trouble with culture
Human, institutional, political and technological factors involved in a public health approach to frauds against individuals
The policing, investigation and governance of ‘Rogue Trader’ fraud
Researching the financial abuse of individuals lacking mental capacity
Police discretion, pragmatism and crime ‘deconstruction’
Frauds and Their Controls
From ‘crime’ to social harm?
Social Change and Crime Rate Trends
Plural Policing' In Action
A Systematic Literature Review of Doorstep Crime
The Socially Bounded Decision Making of Persistent Property Offenders
Honour among thieves? How morality and rationality influence the decision-making processes of convicted domestic burglars
Organized fraud and organizing frauds
The ‘fraud justice network’ and the infra-structure of support for individual fraud victims in England and Wales
Understanding the Older Person's Awareness and Experience of Doorstep Crime
Bounded rationality of identity thieves
Poor Health and Loneliness in Later Life
Inter-agency work and the UK public sector investigation of fraud, 1996–2006
New directions in policing fraud
Brokerage Qualifications in Ringing Operations
Measuring the Impact of Fraud in the UK
The Risks and Rewards of Organized Crime Investments in Real Estate
The Case for the Prosecution
Social Change and Crime Rate Trends
Crime and Control in Britain
| Citations per year | 0.8 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |