... with) were found to be non-perceived reasons. Youths who are unmarried, illiterate and unemployed offenders had over three times more probabilities of committing theft than robbery and burglary in the winter season, especially in February, because of the determinants of illiteracy and unemployment...

...Norm Archer Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate consumer behaviour as it relates to identity theft and fraud. Design/methodology/approach Using survey data, this paper models the relationship between past experience of consumers and their levels of concern, and derives...

...Chad Albrecht; Conan Albrecht; Shay Tzafrir Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present and explain the identity theft cycle. The identity theft cycle explains how a perpetrator goes through various stages of confidence and experimentation when stealing an individual's identity. Design...

...Petter Gottschalk Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a systematic approach to classify financial crime into main categories as well as sub categories. Design/methodology/approach Based on a literature review, the main four categories were labeled corruption, fraud, theft...

...Herbert Snyder; Anthony Crescenzi Purpose Intellectual capital's (IC's) rising value in the production of wealth has been mirrored by its increasing vulnerability to crime. Among these are the increasing frequency of cybercrime, the intangible nature of IC which facilitates theft and the lack...

...George E. Higgins; Thomas “Tad” Hughes; Melissa L. Ricketts; Scott E. Wolfe Purpose Identity theft is an emerging form of criminal behavior, with complaints about the behavior rising. However, little research has explored the correlates of these complaints, especially state‐level correlates...

...Robert E. Holtfreter; Kristy Holtfreter Purpose To examine identity theft in the United States and to provide an overview and assessment of recent legislation designed to assist identity theft victims and punish offenders. Design/methodology/approach Statistics on the prevalence of identity...