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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Deviant Behav. 2011 Nov 1;32(10):877–917. doi: 10.1080/01639625.2010.514221

Table 1.

Prevalence of Crimes of Trust by Age Group, Weighted Moving Averages (and Raw Prevalence) 2002 (NYSFS Wave 11)


Prevalence:
Moving Average
(Raw Prevalence)
Transitionals
Age 18–26
Young adults
Age 27–35
Early
middle age
Age 36–45
Late
Middle age
Age 46–55
Pre-
retirement
Age 56–65
Early elderly
Age 66–75
Late elderly
Age 76–88
n=440 n=125 n=1,755 n=151 n=389 n=379 n=94
Embezzlement .004 (.005) .004 (.000) .004 (.004) .004 (.007) .000 (.000) .000 (.000) .000 (.000)
Forgery .021 (.011) .020 (.056) .025 (.020) .021 (.060) .017 (.010) .008 (.008) .006 (.000)
Fraud: check .022 (.021) .019 (.024) .021 (.018) .019 (.060) .017 (.010) .009 (.008) .009 (.009)
Fraud: credit card .013 (.005) .054 (.040) .008 (.003) .005 (.040) .008 (.003) .000 (.000) .000 (.000)
Fraud: income tax .030 (.023) .066 (.056) .081 (.077) .082 (.152) .091 (.075) .072 (.082) .070 (.022)
Fraud: insurance .003 (.002) .006 (.008) .008 (.007) .007 (.026) .010 (.000) .007 (.013) .013 (.011)
Fraud: sales (selling something worthless or worth less than claimed) .025 (.027) .014 (.016) .012 (.011) .010 (.020) .011 (.003) .007 (.011) .010 (.011)
Total Crimes of Trust .096 (.080) .110 (.152) .127 (.115) .119 (.258) .116 (.085) .084 (.092) .082 (.043)