title: Reducing workers' compensation fraud: a deterrent approach.
abstract: Popular misconceptions view economic crime against workers' compensation systems as victimless and therefore acceptable. This chapter argues that the courts must express strong denunciation of this fraud to engender a climate of deterrence. The law and order approach developed in Alberta, where Workers' Compensation Board investigators are given police powers, is examined.
authors.affiliation: Workers' Compensation Board-Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Mah
mesh_terms: D000416:Alberta; D002170:Canada; D005607:Fraud; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States; D014942:Workers' Compensation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence