CFFE Module III
Fraud Prevention and Detection glossary
Every term this guide defines, A to Z, each with the chapter that teaches it. Open it when a word in a question is unfamiliar, and test yourself on it in the last week: cover the definition and say it in one sentence.
5 terms from the free first chapter
C
- Classical theory
Crime results from rational choice, weighing expected gain against risk of punishment.
Taught in Introduction to criminology
- Control theory
Crime occurs where an individual's bond to social norms and institutions is weak.
Taught in Introduction to criminology
S
- Social learning theory
Criminal behaviour is learned through association with others who model and reinforce it.
Taught in Introduction to criminology
- Strain theory
Crime results from the gap between socially desired goals and legitimate means of achieving them.
Taught in Introduction to criminology
T
- The fraud triangle
Applies these ideas directly to occupational fraud through pressure, opportunity and rationalisation (see the fraud triangle, in the next chapter).
Taught in Introduction to criminology
The full glossary adds every term from the other 9 chapters, A to Z, each with the chapter that teaches it.