Fraud

ISBN-13: 9781843921721 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 272 str.

Alan Doig

Opis

Fraud remains one of the most important crimes and causes billions of pounds of losses each year. This book provides coverage of the main issues involved in fraud, its definition, costs, the nature of the offenders involved in committing fraud, and the issues involved in fraud investigation.

Recenzje

'Written by one of the foremost authorities on the subject, this book provides comprehensive coverage of the main issues involved in fraud, its definitions, the law, causes, costs, the nature of the offenders involved in committing fraud, theprocedures and institutions involved in its prevention, detection, investigatingand prosecution. The book not only raises the issues relevant to a range of academic disciplines, from criminology to management, but also discusses links between fraud and other issues, such as corruption or identity fraud, and provides a wide range of illustrative case studies.The book provides a significant academic and practitioner overview of the issues and institutions involved.' − Peter Heims, Investigate (February 2007)

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Fraud − the academic and practitioner contexts  2. What is fraud? 3. The cost of fraud  4. Who commits fraud, and what types of fraud?  5. From need to greed − why is fraud committed?  6. Overspill − old frauds, new frauds and fraud in other criminal activities  7. How fraud is dealt with − investigations  8. Regulation, compliance and audit  9. In-house approaches  10. Investigation frameworks  11. Punishment, asset recovery and prevention  12. Conclusion: the futures for fraud?

O autorze

Professor Alan Doig ran the Fraud Studies Unit at Teeside University until his retirement in 2010. Recent publications include the Handbook on Fraud Investigation and Prevention (Gower, 2010), and Fraud: Law, Practice and Procedure (LexisNexis, 2004).