Many of FAN’s posts tend to deal with the detection or prevention of fraud from a technical viewpoint; either detection methods, fraud incidence reports or risk management techniques. At a fundamental level, however, fraud is a crime committed by a person(s). To understand the crime you need to understand the person. We signpost relatively few resources on criminology.
This special edition of the European Journal of Criminal Policy and Research (open access) is devoted to food fraud. It has six articles which give a criminological viewpoint on a range of different examples, and is an interesting read for technical specialists looking to approach the topic from a slightly different angle.
“Preventing Illegal Enterprise in the Norwegian Fisheries Industry” by Svorken, Kvlakik and Lord
“Agri-Food Certifications in Latin America: Drivers of Accountability or Gateways to Fraud and Corruption?” by Marta Avesani
“The Paradox of Saving Fish by Eating them: Food Crime at the Intersection of Green Criminology and Political Ecology” by Rubio-Ramon and Pons-Hernandez
“Nature as victim: a vignette study on factors impacting perceived blameworthiness and harmfulness of manure pollution” by Wesselius et al
"Food Crime: Deterrence of a Potential Money Laundering Typology Through Blockchain and Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)” by Tiwari, Rathore and Jecklin
“Understanding Blockchain Technology against Food Fraud: A Criminological Perspective” by Rizzuti and Davies
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