Reducing workers' compensation fraud: a deterrent approach.
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.
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Workers' Compensation Board-Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
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