Abstract
This article using Freedom of Information requests to all the major police forces in the UK identifies the resources dedicated to specialist police/economic crime. The article shows there has been an increase in resources in comparison to other recent studies, and it also illustrates the organizational structures dedicated to economic crime/fraud, the priority given to fraud/economic crime, and the growing use of civilians. It also makes comparison to some other major investigative bodies dedicated to fraud; and concludes that although the resources maybe increasing, they are still not commensurate to the scale of the problem of economic crime and more resources are still required.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 129-142 |
| Journal | Policing |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Early online date | 3 Nov 2014 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
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This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at: http://policing.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2014/11/02/police.pau037.full?keytype=ref&ijkey=JQ0rob1Pt2G58Wf