Learning from the past: reflections on fraud in the 21st century

Henry N. Pontell and Christopher Contreras

Chapter 3 in Research Handbook on Fraud and Society, 2026, pp 45-57 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Rapidly expanding advanced technologies, including AI, have greatly increased the roster of fraudulent acts by making it easier and more profitable to engage in both novel offences and new forms of older schemes. At the same time, the globalisation of white-collar criminality continues to grow unabated by current international responses. These developments simultaneously create unprecedented challenges to law enforcement, regulation, and compliance more generally. Using past criminological research and theorising, we assess a variety of individual and organisational frauds and corresponding legal, institutional, and social reforms necessary to effectively curtail them in the future.

Keywords: Regulation; Financial crises; Cybercrime; Globalization; AI; White-collar crime (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035348800
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