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Finding food fraud

Gussow, K.E.

2020

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Gussow, K. E. (2020). Finding food fraud: Explaining the detection of food fraud in the Netherlands.

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Contents

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Summary

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1 Introduction

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____________________3 ___________________________________________________8 1.3 Research method_____________________________________________________9 1.4 Relevance ___________________________________________________________11 ________________________________________13

2 The detection of food fraud by enforcement agencies

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________________________________________16 2.2 Corporate crime and corporate violence ____________________________18

__________________________________________________________21 2.4 Detection of corporate crime _______________________________________28

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3 Setting the scene: detecting corporate crime in the Netherlands

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_54 3.2 Police powers and the Special Investigation Services Act ___________60

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4 Research method

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4.1 Basic research design choices _______________________________________78 4.2 Case selection criteria _______________________________________________80 4.3 The development of the data collection plan _______________________87

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5 The nature of food fraud

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6 The detection process and detection methods

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7 The agency ability to detect

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________________________________194 7.2 Patterns in relation to the crime ___________________________________199

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8 The agency willingness to detect

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9 Integrated analysis: pathways to detection

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10 The detection of food fraud

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11 Discussion

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___________________________________288 ____________________293 ____________________________________________301 ______________________________________303 ___________________________________306 11.6 Practical implications and recommendations ______________________309

References

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Respondent characteristics of “detection interviews” 334

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Spread of ignorance phase 147

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Spread of evidence phase 148

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