Corporate Reviews of Internal Deviance - by Petter Gottschalk (Hardcover)

About the Book

Internal reviews of tangible or perceived deviant behaviour within the contemporary business sphere typically involve expert individuals and teams drawn from the legal and financial services professions.

Book Synopsis

Examines internal fraud investigations worldwide, focusing on independent fraud examiners and how offender convenience informs policy and practice.

Internal reviews of tangible or perceived deviant behaviour within the contemporary business sphere typically involve expert individuals and teams drawn from the legal and financial services professions. These specialists, fraud examiners, conduct analytical reviews with a large degree of independence as financial detectives in the private policing aspects of internal investigations within client organisations. Such reviews encompass undertaking forensic or factual evaluations of documents, interviews with whistleblowers and suspects, and other investigative steps. In this initiating monograph, based on extensive primary research, we explore and evaluate this developing global field through an offender-based perspective that considers the central role of convenience and seeks to inform, improve and develop policy and practice. This comparative work, with extensive coverage of European, North American, African and Asian paradigms, presents empirical research findings supported by detailed analysis of numerous internal reviews produced by experienced fraud examiners on completion of internal investigations.

Review Quotes

This manuscript is a highly valuable and timely contribution to criminological scholarship and business ethics literature. It bridges theoretical innovation with applied analysis and will serve as a cornerstone reference for academics and practitioners alike. -Professor Azwan Abdullah, University of Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia

This book represents an original and worthwhile scholarly contribution to the field of white-collar crime studies. Its combination of comparative case analysis, theoretical innovation, and applied focus on internal review mechanisms fills a notable gap in existing literature. Corporate Reviews of Internal Deviance is a valuable resource for academics, students, and practitioners concerned with organizational deviance and private-sector accountability. -Professor Maryam Kamaei, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz Branch, Iran

Dr. Petter Gottschalk is acknowledged as the premiere world expert on white collar and economic crime. His new book Corporate Reviews of Internal Deviance provides extensive and enlightening insight into the identification and investigation of incidents of crimes committed by business and government officials. His thorough investigation focuses on the comprehensive review of significant criminal cases and related contemporary research. Dr. Gottschalk has examined these phenomena through theoretical and practical lenses and he has posed persuasive sociological explanations for these forms of deviance conducted by "trusted" officials. This book will certainly be of interest to corporate and public agency executives, accountants, investigators, and auditors; to academics and researchers; to law enforcement officials; and to concerned members of the public. -James F. Albrecht, Professor of Criminal Justice & Homeland Security, Pace University (NYC), Police Chief of Criminal Investigations, EULEX Police (ret.), NYPD Captain/Commanding Officer (ret.)

The work seems to be market ready and carefully crafted in by Dr. Gottschalk. The work indeed work towards making people aware about the WCC and how different sections of people are responding to the ever increasing rate of these crimes. The author has beautifully crafted the same and a few references are from the existing work of the professor making it more authentic. -Chander Mohan Gupta, Associate Professor, Financial crimes, Shoolini University, IN, USA.

Dr. Petter Gottschalk is acknowledged as the premiere world expert on white collar and economic crime. His new book Corporate Reviews of Internal Deviance provides extensive and enlightening insight into the identification and investigation of incidents of crimes committed by business and government officials. His thorough investigation focuses on the comprehensive review of significant criminal cases and related contemporary research. Dr. Gottschalk has examined these phenomena through theoretical and practical lenses and he has posed persuasive sociological explanations for these forms of deviance conducted by "trusted" officials. This book will certainly be of interest to corporate and public agency executives, accountants, investigators and auditors, to academics and researchers, to law enforcement officials, and to concerned members of the public. -James F. Albrecht, Professor of Criminal Justice and Homeland Security, Pace University (NYC), Police Chief of Criminal Investigations, EULEX Police (ret.), NYPD Captain/Commanding Officer (ret.)

About the Author

Petter Gottschalk is Professor in the Department of Leadership and Organizational Behaviour at BI Norwegian Business School. He has published extensively on convenience theory, corporate investigations and white-collar crime.