Just about everybody doing the business? Explaining 'cash-for-crash insurance fraud in the United Kingdom
Abstract
There is much international research on the different types of fraud committed by individuals and/or organised crime. There is, however, limited research on insurance fraud and a particular species of such fraud which has become known as ‘cash-for-crash’ fraud in the United Kingdom. In addition there are very few published studies of fraudsters which actually draw upon interviews with those that have committed the act(s). This paper bridges both of these gaps providing a focus upon ‘cash-for-crash’ fraudsters which is based upon empirical research drawn from six interviews with such offenders and a database of over 400 offenders built upon successful prosecutions of such cases in the United Kingdom. This paper offers a profile of such offenders and presents insights into why and how some people might become involved in ‘cash-for-crash’ type frauds.Citation
Button, M., Brooks, G., Lewis, C., & Aleem, A. (2017). 'Just about everybody doing the business? Explaining 'cash-for-crash' insurance fraud in the United Kingdom.' Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 50 (2), pp 176-194Publisher
SageJournal
Australian & New Zealand Journal of CriminologyAdditional Links
http://anj.sagepub.com/lookup/doi/10.1177/0004865816638910Type
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
0004-86581837-9273
ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1177/0004865816638910