Exploring the crime of identity theft: Prevalence, clearance rates, and victim/offender characteristics

The Experiences of Adult/Child Identity Theft Victims

“…With regard to gender, females were at greatest risk of being victimized by an identity thief, contrasting the finding of Allison, Schuck, and Lersch (2005) that the majority of victims were male. The difference in findings could be attributed to differences in study design; Allison, Schuck, and Lersch (2005) utilized cases that were filed at one law enforcement agency. personal information secure from a data management perspective.…”

“…Morris (2010) Additional findings from Morris's (2010) work are that the majority of identity thieves were male, which contrasts with Allison, Schuck, & Lersch's (2005) work, but female perpetrators were more likely to commit the crime against someone they knew.…”

La coévolution du « vol d’identité » et des systèmes de paiement

“…Bien que quelques arrestations fortement médiatisées 4 viennent pério-diquement renforcer ce mythe du super-utilisateur (Ohm, 2008), la majorité des délinquants impliqués dans des « vols d'identité » et interpellés par les forces de l'ordre exhibe un profi l beaucoup plus quelconque (Allison et al, 2005 ;Copes et Vieraitis, 2007 ;Gordon et al, 2007). Une analyse des caractéristiques de 867 accusés réalisée à partir d'informations publiées dans les médias américains et canadiens entre janvier 2008 et décembre 2009 démontre que les modes opératoires privilégiés sont de nature très rudimentaire.…”

Geographies of identity theft in the U.S.: understanding spatial and demographic patterns, 2002–2006

“…For example, college students have been targets of identity theft (Weicher 2007), and certain occupations have also been found to carry a higher risk for identity theft (May and James 2004). Allison et al (2005) analyzed victims and offenders in a particular Florida metropolitan area and revealed an identity theft underrepresentation of Hispanics (less than 1%), overrepresentation of whites as victims (72%), and overrepresentation of blacks as offenders (69%). Anderson (2006) suggests that demographic variables (e.g.…”