NCJ Number
147134
Journal
European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Volume: 1 Issue: 3 Dated: (1993) Pages: 101-122
Date Published
1993
Length
22 pages
Annotation
The author argues that the governments of the member states of the European Community (EC) have employed at least five nonrational reasons in failing to pursue adequate policies aimed at eliminating fraud perpetrated against the EC.
Abstract
The nonrational reasons explained here are that the content of the policies that the criminal policy is intended to support is not clear or has overriding political importance, the criminal policy or the responsibilities for that policy are unclear, the criminal policy is minimalist, there is little empirical information to support any policy, and available information sources are only quasi-informative. Fraud may occur in any of the domains in which the EC spends or receives money. Most EC expenditures are made in the context of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Dark number research should be used by EC policy makers to delineate tasks and assess control needs, explain fraud cases, combat and prevent fraud, and evaluate the effectiveness of prevention and control measures. 1 table, 13 notes, and 43 references