Hearing the voices of those living Mixed Tenure Housing Communities (MTHC) in the UK is sporadically displayed in both academic and grey literature. The influence of Situational Crime Prevention Techniques (SCPT) on the outcomes of the crime experience among residents, and and their nexus to the policy intentions in the UK of MTHC has been conducted. This paper will present the findings of a systematic review in the field of MTHC and their relationship with SCPT in the UK. It is presented through the critical appraisal of the collated literature from the UK context extracted from the full systematic review. The paper will identify core gaps in what is already known about the lived experiences of residents of MTHC relating to the provision of SCPT residents of MTHC are provided. The aim of the paper and its critical appraisal, analysis and evaluation of the MTHC lived experiences, is to establish if further empirical studies are required for future discussions regarding the provision, influence and impact SCPT may have on the intended outcomes of the MTHC infrastructure for their residents.

Measuring the cost of fraud in France:
combining administrative data and survey data

Laurent Duvernet

Data scientist at SSMSI

(statistical office of the French Ministry of Interior)

8th February 2024

Abstract. We combine administrative and survey data to provide an estimation of the cost of fraud against individuals in France from 2016 to 2022. On one hand, data from the French Ministry of Interior grants us information about 1.8 million fraud cases recorded by law enforcement during the period, though some missing data concerning the amount defrauded had to be imputed. We thus obtain a rather accurate estimate of the cost of fraud against individuals for those of them who did report the incident to the police. It is however well known that a large part of fraud cases are not reported.

On the other hand, victimization surveys give us a picture of all crime that occurred in a given place and time period, though they have their own limitations, among which their relatively low accuracy. This issue is particularly acute when measuring the cost of crime since a substantial part of it comes from a low number of very high amounts that are most likely missing from survey samples.

We therefore combine both types of data to provide a more precise estimate of the cost of fraud that what could be obtained with survey data only. According to our findings, both the volume and the amount of fraud are rapidly increasing: in 2016, our estimation for the cost of fraud against individuals in France is 2.2 billion euros, whereas it us nearly 4.3 billion euros for 2022.

Corporate crime, despite its profound impact on society, often remains marginalized in public and media discussions of criminality. This oversight is attributed, in part, to the failure of criminology to integrate corporate harm into its broader framework. While scholars advocate for Zemiology – the study of social harm – as a more encompassing approach to understanding corporate crime, such claims have not been substantiated by empirical research into corporate crime media portrayals. This study addresses this gap by investigating the portrayal of corporate harm within the realm of contemporary media, specifically podcasts. Are podcasts capable of portraying the complexity of corporate harm? 
 
My study examines the extent to which podcasts capture the intricacies of corporate harm, focusing on three key themes: environmental harm, global exploitation, and dangerous working conditions. Centering on two emblematic corporate crime cases, the Rana Plaza collapse of 2013 and the Deepwater Horizon explosion of 2010, I analyze podcasts' treatment of social harm. The findings reveal that when compared to traditional media portrayals of corporate harm, podcasts’ discourses of harm go beyond surface-level discussions, encompassing discussions about the power imbalance between the Global North and Global South, the environmental degradation that corporations get away with as well as references to corporate power and capitalism.

I contend that future research on corporate crime media portrayals should incorporate a zemiological dimension, providing a more comprehensive understanding of the intricate dynamics surrounding corporate harm. This investigation not only sheds light on the potential of podcasts as a medium for nuanced discussions but also underscores the necessity of expanding criminological frameworks to better capture the multifaceted nature of corporate harm.