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Russell Smith

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Consumer fraud in Australia: costs, rates and awareness of risks in 2008

This survey collected data on a wide variety of scams, including lotteries, phishing, financial advice and other attempts to gather personal information, enabling consumer protection and regulatory agencies to tailor fraud prevention activities for maximum impact

Impediments to the measurement of road violence

What is ‘road rage’ and how prevalent is it? Is it increasing, and how does it rate against other forms of violence and harms resulting from driving? Russell Smith considers how to define the problem and quantify its extent

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