Inter-agency work and the UK public sector investigation of fraud, 1996–2006: Joined-up rhetoric and disjointed reality

Doig, Alan and Levi, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2131-2882 2009. Inter-agency work and the UK public sector investigation of fraud, 1996–2006: Joined-up rhetoric and disjointed reality. Policing and Society: An International Journal of Research and Policy 19 (3) , pp. 199-215. 10.1080/10439460902863311

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Abstract

Most policing activity in the area of UK public sector fraud is undertaken not by the police but by departmental investigators. This article explores the shifting rhetoric and on-the-ground efforts to escape departmental silos in order to address ‘the problem of fraud’ and fraudsters more efficiently and effectively via ‘joined up working’. These public sector reforms have been promoted principally by the National Audit Office and government. It reveals that these efforts have generally been modest in practice, because they have gone against the grain of departmental objectives and cultures. In the context of these experiences, the prospects for change in public–public and public–private partnerships are explored in the light of the UK government Fraud Review and the National Fraud Strategic Authority.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	fraud; police; joined-up working; financial investigation; tax; social security
Publisher:	Routledge
ISSN:	1043-9463
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2022 08:25
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/28272

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