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An Exploration Of Automobile Insurance Fraud, Robyn Lincoln, Helene Wells, Wayne Petherick
An Exploration Of Automobile Insurance Fraud, Robyn Lincoln, Helene Wells, Wayne Petherick
Robyn Lincoln
This exploratory study analyses claiming behaviour within the automobile insurance industry. A local insurance company provided 32 automobile insurance claims thus permitting qualitative and quantitative analysis. This study enunciates non-fraudulent claiming behaviour as the sample included only a low number of suspected fraud cases. Variables contained within each of the claim files were analysed, as were the statements of the insured individuals. Each claimant is required to provide two written statements to the local insurance company and these statements were analysed for consistency and detail. The overall findings revealed that claimants were generally employed, middle-aged males who were sober at …
Risk And Resilience: Crime And Violence Prevention In Aboriginal Communities, Ross Homel, Robyn Lincoln, Bruce Herd
Risk And Resilience: Crime And Violence Prevention In Aboriginal Communities, Ross Homel, Robyn Lincoln, Bruce Herd
Robyn Lincoln
Developmental prevention involves the manipulation of multiple risk and protective factors early in developmental pathways that lead to offending, often at transition points between life phases. The emphasis is not just on individuals but also their social contexts. Risk and protective factors for crime and violence in Aboriginal communities include such standard factors as child abuse, school failure and supportive family environments, but additional factors arise from unique aspects of Aboriginal history, culture and social structure. This paper draws on existing literature, interviews with urban Aboriginal community workers, and data from the Sibling Study to delineate those interrelated risk factors …
Clubs And Violence : A Follow-Up Evaluation Of The Surfers Paradise Safety Action Plan, Robyn Lincoln, Michelle Mustchin
Clubs And Violence : A Follow-Up Evaluation Of The Surfers Paradise Safety Action Plan, Robyn Lincoln, Michelle Mustchin
Robyn Lincoln
The aim of this study is an assessment of the effectiveness of the safety action plan to reduce violence in nightclub precincts, which was implemented in Surfers Paradise in 1993. The focus of this report is the evaluation of the 1999 data collection, and whether there has been a decrease in the role alcohol plays in aggressive and violent behaviour in entertainment venues. The data were collected from 17 different nightclubs around the Cavill Mall and Orchid Avenue areas in Surfers Paradise. The observations were made by Bond University student researchers between 23 February and 14 April 1999. The same …
Deborah’S Law: The Effects Of Naming And Shaming On Sex Offenders In Australia, Carol Ronken, Robyn Lincoln
Deborah’S Law: The Effects Of Naming And Shaming On Sex Offenders In Australia, Carol Ronken, Robyn Lincoln
Robyn Lincoln
Community notification laws for sex offenders are now widespread in the USA and there is considerable interest in introducing them in Australia. Along with these public moves to name and shame, there has been a parallel increase in private forms of naming and shaming through ‘outing’ of sex offenders. This article examines both public and private notification to conclude from the few studies available that they fail to achieve their goals and lead to significant unintended consequences. The article analyses The Australian Paedophile and Sex Offender Index (Coddington, 1997), a prime exemplar of the private domain of notification, to explore …
Megan's Laws And Re-Trials Don't Help: The Judges' Decision Should Be Final, Robyn Lincoln
Megan's Laws And Re-Trials Don't Help: The Judges' Decision Should Be Final, Robyn Lincoln
Robyn Lincoln
[Extract] The criminal justice system, at least in theory, is meant to be equitable, display stability and reflect finality. This concept of finality is under threat from recent law-and-order moves to exact greater punishments, namely proposals to scrap the double jeopardy rule and to introduce sex-offender notification laws. At both the front and back ends of justice processes, those who subscribe to the "more law equals more order" view are attempting to extend the reach of the criminal law.