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| Older people and consumer fraud | | Author(s) | Adam Graycar, Marianne James |
| Corporate Author | Australian Institute of Criminology |
| Publisher | Australian Institute of Criminology, Canberra, [2001] |
| Pages | 10 pp |
| Source | Australian Institute of Criminology GPO Box 2944 Canberra ACT, 2601, Australia. http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/outlook4/Graycar... |
| Keywords | Financial services [older people] ; Elder abuse ; Crime ; Consumer ; Lecture papers ; Australia. |
| Annotation | Consumer fraud is an important component of older people's experience with crime. Among older Australians, consumer fraud is 2.2 times more prevalent than assault, which is the most common of the violent offences. This paper reports data from a large Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) survey of older people's criminal victimisation. It focuses particularly on the risks that older people face in terms of their vulnerability to acts of consumer fraud, for example in: consumer transactions; home construction and repairs; savings, securities and pensions; and health care products and services fraud. This paper was presented at the 4th National Outlook Symposium on 'Crime in Australia, New Crimes or New Responses' convened by the Australian Institute of Criminology and held in Canberra 21-22 June 2001. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100602202 P |
| Classmark | J: QNT: TWA: WY: 6MA: 7YA * |
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