Briefing 1: Organised fraud in local communities

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Published: 2nd August 2016

This briefing brings together key evidence on organised fraud from the Reducing the impact of serious organised crime in local communities project by the Police Foundation and Perpetuity Research.

The Foundation and Perpetuity Research have attempted for the first time to measure the scale, nature and impact of organised fraud on local communities and assess the response from the police and other agencies. The briefing concludes with a number of recommendations based on the implications of the findings.

Authors: Sarah Garner, Ruth Crocker, Michael Skidmore, Sarah Webb, John Graham and Martin Gill

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The Impact of Organised Crime Briefing 1 (organised fraud)

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Michael Skidmore

Michael Skidmore joined the Police Foundation in May 2014 as a researcher on a project studying the impact of organised crime on local communities. He previously worked as a researcher in government for six years, most recently in Home Office Science where he developed a portfolio of work looking at the profiles of organised crime offenders. Michael also worked at HM Inspectorate of Prisons where he led the research for a number of national projects looking at the provision of alcohol treatment services and the treatment of remand prisoners in custody. He has also been a support worker for ex-offenders in a community and probation setting and has an MSc in forensic psychology. Michael did his DPhil in criminology and policing studies at the University of Portsmouth.