Fraud victimization and confidence in Florida's legal authorities

Journal of Financial Crime

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-126

  Reisig, Michael D ^a   Holtfreter, Kristy ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business analysis; Criminals; Risk analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014814     PISSN: 13590790     EISSN: 17587239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13590790710742618     Document Type: Article

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