Organisational Fraud Prevention (Evidence Based)
There are lots of studies on fraud prevention related to organisations, but very few have robust evidence that would meet the standards of the so called Sherman/Marylands scale. Some studies have looked have reviewed the evidence base:
Button, M., Hock, B., Shepherd, D., & Gilmour, P. M. (2023). What really works in preventing fraud against organisations and do decision-makers really need to know?. Security Journal, 1-19.
Prenzler, T. (2020). What works in fraud prevention: A review of real-world intervention projects. Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, 6(1), 83-96.
Key studies
Bichler, G. and Clarke, R. (1996) Eliminating pay phone toll fraud at the port authority bus terminal in Manhattan. Crime Prevention Studies, 6, 93-115.
Blais, E., & Bacher, J. (2007) Situational deterrence and claim padding: Results from a randomized field experiment. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 3(4), 337-352. doi:10.1007/s11292-007-9043-z
Detert, J., Trevino, L., Burris, E., & Andiappan, M. (2007) Managerial modes of influence and counterproductivity in organizations: a longitudinal business-unit-level investigation. Journal of Applied Psychology, 94, 993–1005. DOI: 10.1037/0021-9010.92.4.993
Greenberg, J. (1990) Employee theft as a reaction to underpayment inequity: the hidden cost of pay cuts. Journal of Applied Psychology, 75(5), 561- 568.
Kim, E., Lee, J., Shin, H., Yang, H., Cho, S., Nam, S., . . . Kim, J. (2019). Champion-challenger analysis for credit card fraud detection: Hybrid ensemble and deep learning. Expert Systems with Applications, 128, 214-224. doi:10.1016/j.eswa.2019.03.042
Knutsson, J. and Kuhlhorn, E. (1997) Macro-measures against crime: the example of check forgeries. In Clarke, R. (Ed.), Situational Crime Prevention: Successful Case Studies, Harrow and Heston, Guilderland, NY, pp. 113-21.
Masuda, B. (1993) Credit card fraud prevention: a successful retail strategy. Crime Prevention Studies, 1, pp. 121-34.
Webb, B. (1996) Preventing plastic credit card fraud in the UK. Security Journal, 7(1) 23-5.
Individual Fraud Prevention (Evidence Based)
There have also been overviews of studies related to individual fraud prevention as well as a number of specific studies.
Button, M., Karagiannopoulos, V., Lee, J., Suh, J. B., & Jung, J. (2024). Preventing fraud victimisation against older adults: Towards a holistic model for protection. International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice, 77, 100672.
Key studies
AARP Public Policy Institute (2019) The impact of training financial professionals to prevent financial exploitation. DC: AARP
AARP (2003). Off the Hook: Reducing Participation in Telemarketing Fraud. Washington, DC: AARP.
Button, M., Shepherd, D., Hawkins, C., & Tapley, J. (2024). Disseminating fraud awareness and prevention advice to older adults: perspectives on the most effective means of delivery. Crime Prevention and Community Safety, 26(4), 385-400.
Cross, C. (2016) Using financial intelligence to target online fraud victimisation: Applying a tertiary prevention perspective. Criminal Justice Studies, 29(2), 125-142. doi:10.1080/1478601X.2016.1170278
Jensen, R.I.T., J. Gerlings, and J. Ferwerda. 2024. Do awareness campaigns reduce financial fraud? European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research.
Mears, D.P., M.D. Reisig, S. Scaggs, and K. Holtfreter. (2016). Efforts to reduce consumer fraud victimization among the elderly: The effect of information access on program awareness and contact. Crime and Delinquency 62 (9): 1235–1259.
Scheibe, S., N. Notthoff, J. Menkin, L. Ross, D. Shadel, M. Deevy, and L.L. Carstensen. 2014. Forewarning reduces fraud susceptibility in vulnerable consumers. Basic and Applied Social Psychology 36 (3): 272–279.
The Board of The International Organization of Securities Commissions (2015) Survey on Anti-Fraud Messaging.
Developed by: Professor Mark Button
