Interdisciplinary Studies in the Humanities

Abortion fraud cases: A sociological analysis of fictitious crashes and scams involving insurance firms

Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

R. Abdolrahmani 1
A. Zargar 2
N. Hoseyni 1
H. Motaghi 3

1 Associate Professor in Sociology of Communication, Faculty of Organizational Resources, Amin University of Police Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor in Political Science, Faculty of Political Ideology, Amin University of Police Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Ph.D Student of Criminal Investigation, Faculty of Organizational Resources, Amin University of Police Sciences, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22035/isih.2022.4334.4360
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to provide a sociological analysis of abortion occurrences with the aim of investigating factors cited by insurance companies about pregnant women. A qualitative research method has been used to gather field information and its tools are based on documents and files of interviews conducted with a number of women swindlers and their accomplices as well as experts and traffic police. The statistical population is 138 files of related documents, of which 15 were selected by a simple random sampling. There are also 58 women swindlers, gang associates, experts and traffic police officers who were purposefully selected to saturate the data and in-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with them. Validity and reliability were obtained based on the views of Marshall and Rasuman (1998). Due to the quality of the work, the analysis method was performed simultaneously with data collection, open and axial coding and compression by designing basic and mediating themes and then the main themes by using Max Qioda software. The results showed that individual, family, social, economic, political and cultural aspects are influential and motivating factors for criminals, but the most important can be economic and poverty. Also, fraudsters, by knowing and exploiting the weaknesses and legal gaps and sometimes using non-Iranians (Afghans), poor families, forged and prepared identity cards and obtained them through responsible people and infiltrating government agencies and insurance companies.

Keywords

fake accident
fraud
insurance company
abortion
third party insurance

Subjects

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