Fraud and corruption : major types, prevention, and control / Peter C. Kratcoski and Maximilian Edelbacher, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kratcoski, Peter C., 1936- editor.

Edelbacher, Max, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corruption--Prevention.

Corruption.

Fraud--Prevention.

Fraud.

White collar crimes.

Physical Description:

xix, 301 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2018].

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3319923323

9783319923321

OCLC:

1032588913