The Dark Figure of Fraud

Martin Tunley

Chapter 3 in Mandating the Measurement of Fraud: Legislating against Loss, 2014, pp 28-62 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The term dark figure is used to describe the difference between what is the actual level of crime and that which appears in statistics. This chapter introduces the concept of the dark figure of fraud which results from the limited attention fraud receives within crime statistics and surveys. The focus then moves to a thematic review of extant fraud loss measurement data outputs, paying particular attention to accuracy, reliability and comparability. It also considers methodologies and issues identified in existing literature on the measurement of fraud.

Keywords: White Collar Crime; Audit Commission; Measurement Exercise; British Crime Survey; Dark Figure (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137406286_3

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