dc.contributor.author | Farrall, Stephen | |
dc.contributor.author | Karstedt, Susanne | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-06-17T00:54:41Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-06-17T00:54:41Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9780199595037 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1093/oso/9780199595037.001.0001 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/405185 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | |
dc.publisher.place | Oxford, United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofchapternumbers | 10 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Criminology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Sociology | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4402 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 4410 | |
dc.subject.keywords | Law | |
dc.title | Respectable Citizens - Shady Practices: The Economic Morality of the Middle Classes | |
dc.type | Book | |
dc.type.description | A1 - Books | |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Farrall, S; Karstedt, S, Respectable Citizens - Shady Practices: The Economic Morality of the Middle Classes, 2020 | |
dc.date.updated | 2021-06-15T00:09:14Z | |
gro.hasfulltext | No Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Karstedt, Susanne | |