Mandating the Measurement of Fraud

1. Front Matter

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2. The Issue

   • Martin Tunley

   Pages 1-14

3. Options for Change

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   Pages 15-27

4. The Dark Figure of Fraud

   • Martin Tunley

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5. Measuring the Cost of Fraud

   • Martin Tunley

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6. Legislating Fraud Loss Measurement

   • Martin Tunley

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7. The Doctrine of Fraud Loss Measurement

   • Martin Tunley

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8. Conclusion

   • Martin Tunley

   Pages 111-129

9. Back Matter

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This project examines the concept of fraud loss measurement by critiquing existing measurement methodologies, and argues for the mandating of fraud loss measurement by enforced self regulation, the creation of a British Standard of fraud loss measurement, and the establishment of an information exchange matrix to develop best practice.

• argue
• best practice
• boundary element method
• concept
• Doctrine
• formation
• Fraud
• information
• information exchange
• matrix
• measurement
• Options
• project
• regulation

Martin Tunley is an academic criminologist based at the Institute of Criminal Justice Studies (ICJS), University of Portsmouth, UK, where he directs the BSc (Hons) programme in Counter Fraud and Criminal Justice Studies and the MSc Programme in Counter Fraud and Counter Corruption Studies. He has published in academic journals on fraud measurement and benefits fraud. Martin serves on the editorial board of the Internet Journal of Criminology, and is Deputy Head of Secretariat of the Counter Fraud Professional Accreditation Board.