Tools for Ferreting-out Fraud: a Book Review of Mark Nigrini's Forensic Analytics

Rodriguez, A.E. (2024): Tools for Ferreting-out Fraud: a Book Review of Mark Nigrini's Forensic Analytics.

Abstract

Book review of

MARK J. NIGRINI, Forensic Analytics: Methods and Techniques for Forensic Accounting Investigations, John Wiley & Sons (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2020, ISBN: 978-0-470- 89046-2, 463 pages, $95.00).

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Fraud; Forensic Analytics; Book Review; forensic accounting; forensic economics
• Subjects: K - Law and Economics > K1 - Basic Areas of Law > K13 - Tort Law and Product Liability ; Forensic Economics; K - Law and Economics > K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior > K41 - Litigation Process; K - Law and Economics > K4 - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior > K42 - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law

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