Date of Award
Summer 2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Criminal Justice
First Advisor
Volkan Topalli, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Richard Wright, Ph.D.
Third Advisor
William Sabol, Ph.D.
Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between financial literacy (FL) and susceptibility to economic victimization. Susceptibility to victimization functions as a proxy variable for victimization. It employs a modified, quasi-experimental case study approach and pulls from survey and interview data. It measures changes to FL and susceptibility to victimization after a FL workshop was delivered to a sample of refugees based in a city in southeastern US. Results demonstrate that FL seemed to increase for those within the treatment group. Subsequent changes to susceptibility to victimization indicated a decrease. The study also notes some evidence of a multiplier and reverse multiplier effect. Implications for future research, policy, and behavioral theories are discussed.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.57709/12332126
Recommended Citation
Muhammad, Mecca Samaria, "Financial Literacy and Victimization." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2018.
doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/12332126