Understanding and Preventing Financial Fraud Against Older Citizens in Chinese Society

This study examines the public discourse on financial fraud against older citizens in Chinese society using six focus groups with 45 stakeholders comprising social workers, police officers, caregivers, nurses, community representatives, and insurance and banking personnel. This study uses qualitativ...

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Published inInternational journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology Vol. 60; no. 13; p. 1509
Main Authors Li, Jessica C M, Yu (Yolanda), Mengyan, Wong, Gabriel T W, Ngan, Raymond M H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC 01.10.2016
Subjects
Banking
Borders
Caregivers
Chinese people
Citizens
Crime
Employees
Fraud
Ideology
Insurance
Interest groups
Internet
Narratives
Nurses
Older people
Police
Social workers
Stakeholders
Hong Kong China
China
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Summary:This study examines the public discourse on financial fraud against older citizens in Chinese society using six focus groups with 45 stakeholders comprising social workers, police officers, caregivers, nurses, community representatives, and insurance and banking personnel. This study uses qualitative data to describe the patterns and social features that facilitate this specific type of crime in Hong Kong. The narratives of the community stakeholders reveal several specific social features of Hong Kong that contribute to financial fraud against older persons, such as traditional Chinese values and ideologies, increasing cross-border activities, the Internet and technological advancements, and unfavourable economic situations. The results of this study support the assumptions of the routine activity approach and have a number of theoretical and practical implications.
ISSN:0306-624X
1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X15579258