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<p>It might seem natural to think that the socialist model of the economy, and a reality where collective property prevailed, eliminated the problem of financial crime. But did it really? This paper, which presents the scale of this type of crime as reflected by GUS (Polish Central Statistical Office) statistics, is an attempt at answering this question. At the same time we would like to present the “3 Cs” model (circumstances, character, chance), in which all the “C” factors occurred simultaneously, but on each occasion each of these had a different impact on the particular criminal act.</p>
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It might seem natural to think that the socialist model of the economy, and a reality where collective property prevailed, eliminated the problem of financial crime. But did it really? This paper, which presents the scale of this type of crime as reflected by GUS (Polish Central Statistical Office) statistics, is an attempt at answering this question. At the same time we would like to present the “3 Cs” model (circumstances, character, chance), in which all the “C” factors occurred simultaneously, but on each occasion each of these had a different impact on the particular criminal act.

Financial Crime in Socialist Poland and Its Causes in the Light of Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) Statistics

Studia Historiae Oeconomicae

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It might seem natural to think that the socialist model of the economy, and a reality where collective property prevailed, eliminated the problem of financial...

Financial Crime in Socialist Poland and Its Causes in the Light of Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) Statistics

Published Online: Feb 07, 2017

Page range: 7 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sho-2016-0002

Keywords
financial crime, statistics, GUS, socialist economy, “3 Cs” model

© 2016 Lucyna Błażejczyk-Majka et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Financial Crime in Socialist Poland and Its Causes in the Light of Polish Central Statistical Office (GUS) Statistics

Published Online: Feb 07, 2017

Page range: 7 - 32

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sho-2016-0002

Keywordsfinancial crime, statistics, GUS, socialist economy, “3 Cs” model

© 2016 Lucyna Błażejczyk-Majka et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Keywords
financial crime, statistics, GUS, socialist economy, “3 Cs” model