“The Devil Made Me Do It” - Fraud Conference

Criminal Behavior

“The Devil Made Me Do It”

Why do people act

the way they do?

People are basically

pleasure seeking.

What makes people happy?

Sensations

Sight

Smell

Taste

Sound

Touch

Learning and Thinking

- Reinforcement (increase positive)

- Punishment (increase negative)

Motivation

Hunger

Thirst

Sex

To Be Important

Money

In Control

Personality

Everyone is different.

Abnormal Behavior

1. Neurosis Anxiety (something is about to happen)

Phobias (fear of an object or activity)

2. Defenses Obsessive-compulsive

Dissociative reaction

3. Depression Early life experiences

Learned

4. Schizophrenia

Factors That Contribute to

Criminal Behavior

Biological Psychological

Sociological Phenomenological

Routine Activity Cultural Factors

Investigation

Who?

What?

When?

Where?

How?

Why?

We are concerned with…

WHY?

Cultural Forces

Biological

Psychological

Sociological

Opportunity

Environment

Factors Associated

with Fraud

Living beyond their means

Overwhelming desire for personal gains

High personal debt

Feeling pay not commensurate with responsibility

Strong challenge to beat the system

Undue family or peer pressure

No recognition for job performance

The Psychopath

Superficial charm

Grandiose sense of self-worth

Need for stimulation

Pathological lying

Cunning

Lack of remorse or guilt

Poor behavior controls

Early behavior controls

No realistic goals

Failure to accept responsibility

Typologies

Occasional

Conventional

Professional

Corporate

Organized

Ego—Voice of Reason

Id—Conscience

Superego—Basic Needs

Understand Their Motives

Things happen

Downplay what happened

Make them important

Be their buddy

You are here to help

Listen to the WORDS!

“The sound is not that important.”

People Rationalize Behavior

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