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dc.contributor.authorFarrall, Stephen
dc.contributor.authorKarstedt, Susanne
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-17T00:54:41Z
dc.date.available2021-06-17T00:54:41Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.isbn9780199595037
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/oso/9780199595037.001.0001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/405185
dc.description.abstractDrawing 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.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.publisher.placeOxford, United Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofchapternumbers10
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSociology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4410
dc.subject.keywordsLaw
dc.titleRespectable Citizens - Shady Practices: The Economic Morality of the Middle Classes
dc.typeBook
dc.type.descriptionA1 - Books
dcterms.bibliographicCitationFarrall, S; Karstedt, S, Respectable Citizens - Shady Practices: The Economic Morality of the Middle Classes, 2020
dc.date.updated2021-06-15T00:09:14Z
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorKarstedt, Susanne


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