Corruption
Button, M. (2011) Editorial: Fraud, Corruption and the Financial Crisis. International Journal of Law Crime and Justice, 39, pp 137-139.
Hock, B., Button, M. and Shepherd, D. (2022) Corruption, Bribery and Corporate Crime: Victims and Perpetrators. In Gill, M. (ed) The Security Handbook. 3rd Edition. pp 307-331. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Button, M., Shepherd, D. and Blackbourn, D. (2019) Explaining the Causes of Bribery from an Offender Perspective. In Pasculli, L. and Ryder, N. (eds.) Corruption in the Global Era. Abingdon: Routledge.
Stiernstedt, P. and Button, M. (2018). A Case Study of an EU Procurement Process in an African Country. In, Kubbe, I. and Engelbert, A. (eds) Corruption and Norms - Why Informal Rules Matter. pp 347-366. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Healthcare fraud
Brooks, G., Button, M., Tunley, M. and Gee, J. (2017) United Kingdom. In Mikkers, M., Sauter, W., Vincke, P. and Boertjens, J. (eds) Healthcare Fraud, Corruption and Waste in Europe. The Hauge: Eleven International Publishing.
Button, M. and Leys, C. (2013) Healthcare Fraud in the New NHS Market - A Threat to Patient Care. London: Centre for Health and the Public Interest.
Insurance fraud
Button, M., Brooks, G., Lewis, C. and Aleem, A. (2017) Just About Everybody Doing the Business? Explaining ‘Cash-for-Crash’ Insurance Fraud in the United Kingdom. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 50: 2, pp 176-194.
Button, M., Pakes, F. and Blackbourn, D. (2016) ‘All Walks of Life’: A Profile of Household Insurance Fraudsters in the United Kingdom. Security Journal. 29 (3). pp. 501-519. Doi: 10.1057/sj.2013.43
Button, M. and Brooks, G. (2016) From ‘Shallow’ to ‘Deep’ Policing: ‘Crash-for-Cash’ Insurance Fraud Investigation in England and Wales and the Need for Greater Regulation. Policing and Society, 26, 210-229.
Investment and pyramid fraud
Hock, B., and Button, M. (2023). Why do people join pyramid schemes?. Journal of Financial Crime, 30(5), 1130-1139.
Hock, B., and Button, M. (2023). Non-Ideal Victims or Offenders? The Curious Case of Pyramid Scheme Participants. Victims and Offenders, 1-24.
Pet scams
Whittaker, J. and Button, M. (2021). Understanding pet scams: A case study of advance fee and non-delivery fraud using victims’ accounts. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 53: 4 497-514.
Procurement fraud and corruption
Button, M., Hock, B. and Shepherd, D. (2021) Fraud and Corruption in the Construction Sector. Crowe.
Shopping frauds
Edwards, M., Whittaker, J. M., Cross, C., & Button, M. (2024). An exploratory study of victimisation and near misses in online shopping fraud. Global Crime, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1080/17440572.2024.2423918
Whittaker, J. M., Edwards, M., Cross, C., and Button, M. (2023). “I have only checked after the event”: Consumer approaches to safe online shopping. Victims and Offenders, 18(7), 1259-1281.
Cross, C., Edwards, M., Button, M., & Whittaker, J. (2022). Online shopping fraud victimisation in Australia. QUT Centre for Justice: Brisbane.
Intellectual property crime
Obe, A. and Button, M. (2024) Public perceptions of counterfeit drugs in Nigeria and the European Union. Journal of Financial Crime, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFC-03-2024-0119
Shepherd, D., Whitman, K., Button, M. and Wilson, J. (2024) The impact of complicit social media influencers on counterfeit purchasing among male consumers in the UK. Intellectual Property Office.
Shepherd, D., Whitman, K., Button, M. and Wilson, J. (In Press) The Impact of Deviant Social Media Influencers and Consumer Characteristics on Purchasing Counterfeit Goods, Deviant Behavior, DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2023.2233041
Shepherd, D. W. J., Whitman, K. M., & Button, M. (2021). Influencer report: the impact of complicit social media influencers on the consumption of counterfeit goods in the UK. Intellectual Property Office.
Economic and industrial espionage
Button, M., Hock, B., & Shepherd, D. (2022). Economic crime: from conception to response. Routledge.
Button, M. (2020) Editorial: Economic and Industrial Espionage. Security Journal, 33(1), 1-5.
Button, M. and Knickmeier, S. (2022) Economic and Industrial Espionage: Characteristics, Techniques and Response. In Gill, M. (ed) The Security Handbook. 3rd Edition. pp 261-284. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Cybercrime
Sugiura, L., Button, M., Nurse, J. R., Tapley, J., Saglam, R. B., Hawkins, C., ... and Blackbourn, D. (In Press). The technification of domestic abuse: Methods, tools and criminal justice responses. Criminology and Criminal Justice, 17488958241266760.
Lazarus, S; Button, M and Kapend, R. (2022) Exploring the value of feminist theory in understanding digital crimes: gender and cybercrime types. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 61(3), 381-398.
Wang, V., Gee, J. and Button, M. (2022) Crime on the Darknet: The Case of Brand Abuse. In Gill, M. (ed) The Security Handbook. 3rd Edition. pp 447-468. Basingstoke: Palgrave.