Fraud and corruption : major types, prevention, and control
Peter C. Kratcoski (Editor), Max Edelbacher (Editor)
This textbook provides an overview of the major types of fraud and corrupt activities found in private and public agencies, as well as the various methods used to prevent fraud and corruption. It explores where opportunities for fraud exist, the personal characteristics of those who engage in fraud, as well as their prevention and control. This work covers fraud in the financial sector, insurance, health care, and police organizations, as well as cybercrime. It covers the relationship between fraud, corruption, and terrorism; criminal networks; and major types of personal scams (like identity theft and phishing). Finally, it covers the prevention and control of fraud, through corporate whistle blowing, investigative reporting, forensic accounting, and educating the public. This work will be of interest to graduate-level students (as well as upper-level undergraduates) in Criminology & Criminal Justice, particularly with a focus on white collar and corporate crime, as well as related fields like business and management
1 online resource (XIX, 301 pages)
9783319923338, 3319923331
1054792935
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Part I. Introduction: Fraud and corruption
Introduction: Overview of major types of fraud and corruption
Fraud and corruption: a European perspective
Convenience theory on crime in the corporate sector
Identifying and preventing gray corruption in Australian politics
Fraud and fraudulent business practices related to the East Japan Earthquake
Fraud and corruption in the health sector in the United States
Corruption and fraud in policing
Fraud and corruption in times of disaster
Part II. Introduction: methods to prevent fraud and corruption
Fraud and corruption in the insurance industry: and Australian perspective
Challenges in controlling, combating, and preventing corruption in developing countries
Fraud examiners in private investigations of White-Collar crime
Combating political corruption: the case of Armenia in the context of the United Nations Convention against corruption
Systematic corruption: weapons of the twenty-first century, organized crime and the mafia
Perspectives on fraud and corruption in the future