Distribution and Correlates of Self-Reported Crimes of Trust.

Deviant Behavior
Scott MenardHerbert C Covey

Abstract

This study examines the distribution and correlates of a special class of property crimes, crimes of trust, using longitudinal and cross sectional self-report data from a national sample. We begin by defining crimes of trust and consider their conceptual relationship to "conventional" property crimes, which we here characterize as crimes of stealth, and to white collar crimes, which are defined in terms of the social status of the perpetrators. Crimes of trust are here defined as property crimes that typically involve deliberate contact with the victim or, where there is more than one victim, with at least one or more victims, in which there is typically more of a focus on concealing the fact that a crime has been committed than on concealing the identity of the perpetrator (as is the case in crimes of stealth), without regard to the socioeconomic status of the perpetrator (thus including but not limited to white collar crimes). The focus here is on crimes of trust committed by individuals (as opposed to corporate crime). We first examine their distribution by sociodemographic characteristics, then examine the correlation of crimes of trust with other types of illegal behavior, using data from the National Youth Survey Family S...Continue Reading

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Mar 29, 2002·European Psychiatry : the Journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists·M PhilpotL Gustafson
Mar 13, 2012·Anaesthesia·S M Yentis

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Mar 7, 2014·Child Abuse & Neglect·Scott MenardHerbert C Covey
Dec 24, 2013·Comprehensive Psychiatry·Brian B BoutwellDanielle Boisvert
Aug 24, 2013·Substance Use & Misuse·Kelly E KnightSara B Simmons
Apr 30, 2014·Journal of Interpersonal Violence·Kelly E KnightSara B Simmons
Oct 16, 2015·Journal of Interpersonal Violence·Sara B SimmonsScott Menard

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