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Russell Smith
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Russell G. Smith
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Identifying and responding to risk of serious fraud in Australia and New Zealand
In their Trends and Issues paper, 'Red Flags of Fraud', Grabosky and Duffield (2001) identified a number of warning signals for fraud, or anomalies. While the existence of anomalies is not always indicative of criminality, they do signify heightened risks that should be investigated further. Drawing upon data collected for the Australian Institute of Criminology...
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Electronic monitoring in the criminal justice system
The use of electronic monitoring has the potential to improve the cost-effectiveness of correctional programs, provide enhanced opportunities for offender rehabilitation and extend the range of sentences available to the courts. However, despite the fact that electronic monitoring has been in use for at least two decades, there are many legal, ethical and practical issues...
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Gambling as a motivation for the commission of financial crime
At present, adult Australians spend $13,839 million a year on gambling, or $901 per adult per year. However, with increasing opportunities and venues for gambling, public concern about 'problem gambling' has grown. This paper examines one of the principal social costs of gambling, namely, gambling related crime, or crime committed by individual gamblers in order...