TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Just about everybody doing the business? Explaining 'cash-for-crash' insurance fraud in the United Kingdom
JO  - Australian and New Zealand journal of criminology
A1  - Button, Mark
A1  - Brooks, Graham
A1  - Lewis, Chris
A1  - Aleem, Azeem
SP  - 176
EP  - 194
VL  - 50
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 them. This article 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 article offers a profile of such offenders and presents insights into why and how some people might become involved in 'cash-for-crash' type frauds.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0004-8658
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004865816638910
ID  - ref1
ER  -