Topic: Victimization

  Citizens Support for Local Law Enforcement to Anti-Counterfeiting Activities Read the full article Jay Kennedy, Matthew Maher & Asia Campbell, 2019 Product counterfeiting is a global crime that can have substantial effects within local communities, particularly with regard to its impact on citizens. Undertaking anti-counterfeiting activities at the local level requires law enforcement agencies […]

  Explaining Consumer Demand for Counterfeit Goods: Social Learning or Low Self-Control? Zoltán Levente Fejes, 2017   Two competing theoretical explanations for the knowing purchase of counterfeit goods are Akers’ Social Learning Theory and Gottfredson and Hirschi’s Low Self-Control Theory. This A-CAPP Center Backgrounder reports results of a survey among Romanian university students about volitional […]

  Proposed Solutions to the Brand Protection Challenges and Counterfeiting Risks Faced by Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) Click here to read the full article Jay Kennedy, 2016   Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are vulnerable to the same counterfeiting threats faced by larger businesses, yet, the unique brand protection challenges they face have not […]

  Victims and Reporting of Counterfeit Products On-Line: Evidence from Complaint Data Jeremy Wilson, Thomas Holt and Justin Heinonen, 2013   The growing pace of e-commerce has facilitated the sale and distribution of counterfeit products. Yet little remains known about victims of counterfeit products sold on-line. We use 2009 and 2010 complainant data from the […]

  Product Counterfeits in the Online Environment: An Empirical Assessment of Victimization and Reporting Characteristics Click here to read the full article Jeremy Wilson, Justin Heinonen and Thomas Holt, 2012   The growing pace of e-commerce has facilitated the sale and distribution of counterfeit products. One reason may be that consumers cannot fully validate goods […]