The Fraud Triangle revisited

Security Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 107-121

  Schuchter, Alexander ^a   Levi, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fraud Diamond; Fraud Triangle; fraudulent opportunity; pressure; rationalization; white collar crime motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84963547224     PISSN: 09551662     EISSN: 17434645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sj.2013.1     Document Type: Article

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