Economic Crimonology Focus

Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to review research articles in the Journal of Economic Criminology by application of convenience theory. While the theory covers fourteen convenience propositions, there is varying attention to them in the reviewed articles. A frequent topic in the journal articles is online romance fraud where victims were not on guard because they trusted their offenders. Trust tends to strengthen the convenience proposition addressing lack of guardianship, oversight, and control. The review is relevant as it might tell both what seems important and not important in understanding economic crime and tell what propositions in the theory of convenience that might deserve attention in future economic criminology research. The review is additionally relevant to increase substance to the theory of convenience that emerged less than a decade ago and has since been developing and applied by various scholars.