CONSUMER FRAUD AND ABUSE - PROBLEMS OF THE ELDERLY IN THE MARKETPLACE - A GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• NCJ Number: 44305
• Editor(s): M WALSH, D BERGER, M BRINTNALL
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 80 pages
• Grant Number(s): 90-A-1019/01
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Corporate Author: Battelle Human Affairs Research Ctrs
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Bibliography
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A GLOSSARY OF TERMS, DEFINING MANY FORMS AND VARIATIONS OF CONSUMER FRAUD AND ABUSES AND RELATING THESE TO THE PARTICULAR CONCERNS OF THE ELDERLY, IS PRESENTED.

Abstract

THE GLOSSARY ITEMS ARE ARRANGED IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. MANY ITEMS ARE CROSS-REFERENCED. MOST ITEMS ARE ALSO INDEXED TO THE ACCOMPANYING BIBLIOGRAPHY. THE NUMERICAL CITATIONS FOLLOWING EACH GLOSSARY REFERENCE REFER TO THE NUMBERED BIBLIOGRAPHIC ITEMS. EACH BIBLIOGRAPHIC LISTING IS ANNOTATED, AND, IN APPROPRIATE INSTANCES, SPECIFIC CHAPTERS AND PAGE NUMBER ARE NOTED. AT THE END OF THE GLOSSARY THERE ARE ADDITIONAL ITEMS WHICH ADDRESS ISSUES OF 'SUSCEPTIBILITY,' SERVICE DELIVERY, CONSUMER EDUCATION, AND GENERAL MATERIALS RELEVANT TO FRAUD AGAINST THE ELDERLY. EACH IS PREFACED WITH A BRIEF EXPLANATORY NOTE, AND THE NUMBERED ITEMS FOLLOWING ARE ALSO KEYED TO THE BIBLIOGRAPHY.