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Optimized Risk Assessment in Forensic Practice: A Comparison of Machine Learning and Manual Scoring Approaches

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As correctional jurisdictions and risk instrument developers look to optimize scoring for specific population needs, an open question remains ‐ which method is optimal. Popular scoring methods range from manual simple scoring approaches (e.g., Burgess) to more complex machine learning algorithms (e.g., random forests).
Danielle J. Rieger, Ralph C. Serin, Shelley L. Brown   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Towards a Developmental Retribution and Reciprocity Model (RRM): Implications for Youth Justice

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Youth justice systems are frequently justified by reference to developmental change, yet chronological age is often treated as a proxy for underlying psychological processes. This paper develops a Developmental Retribution and Reciprocity Model (RRM), integrating evolutionary criminology with contemporary developmental neuroscience to clarify ...
Evelyn Svingen
wiley   +1 more source

The Integration of Forensic Accounting and External Auditing for Reducing the Audit Expectation Gap An Analytical Study on a Sample of Iraqi Universities

مجلة الغري للعلوم الاقتصادية والادارية, 2020
The current study aims at identifying the complementary relationship between forensic accounting and financial auditing to narrow the expectation gap through using the statistical program SPSS to determine the level of research variables and analysis of ...
Rabab Adnan Al‐Ruba'ei, Ayad Adel Al‐Fayyadh   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

How Informative Are Fraud and Non-Fraud Firms\u27 Earnings? [PDF]

, 2019
This study evaluates how informative the earnings of fraud firms are compared to peer non-fraud firms by assessing informativeness in the context of persistence, analysts’ forecast errors, and stock returns.
Asare, Kwadwo Nyarko
core   +1 more source

Taking Fuel From the Fire: Regulating the Introduction of Rape Myth Infused and Irrelevant Evidence About Complainants in Rape Trials

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers how victim‐blaming and stereotypical attitudes about appropriate victim behaviour can impact upon the operation of rape trials, particularly by prejudicing a complainant's testimony where s/he can be portrayed as having departed from the stereotypical norm of a ‘real victim’.
Susan Leahy
wiley   +1 more source

Foxes in the Henhouse: An Exploratory Inquiry into Financial Markets Fraud [PDF]

, 2016
Conventional understandings of fraud are organized around the fraud triangle first developed in the 1950s by Cressey. This conceptual device remains central in our pedagogy and research on this especially timely topic.
Fogarty, Timothy J., Wall, Joseph
core   +1 more source

Five Decades of Research on Rape Myths and Victim Interpretation

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past 5 decades of social science research, scholars have examined false narratives and beliefs associated with rape and sexual assault (often called “rape myths”). This scoping review employs an innovative technique to sample and describe a large cohort of scholarly articles that investigate sexual assault victim interpretation and ...
Elizabeth Trudeau, Ruth Carmi
wiley   +1 more source

Competency mapping: improvement needs of analysts from the area of expertise in accounting at the Federal Public Ministry

Revista Ambiente Contábil, 2020
Purpose: The study aims to analyze the skills of expert accounting analysts in the Brazilian Federal Public Ministry. Methodology: The development of the research was carried out through descriptive statistics, with a quantitative approach.
Ariel Prates, Jonatas Dutra Sallaberry, Leonardo Flach, Ivam Ricardo Peleias, Romina Batista de Souza de Lucena   +4 more
doaj  

Achieving Amicable Settlements and Possible Reconciliations : The Role of Forensic Accountants in Equitable Distributions [PDF]

, 2013
This book is focussed on investigating how a proper implementation of forensic accounting tools could serve as a means and channel whereby such techniques as valuations, equitable distribution and evidence could be employed in avoiding unnecessary ...
Di Gabriele, Jim, Ojo, Mariane.B.
core   +2 more sources

Differences in Immediate and Delayed Suggestibility Among Children With Dyslexia and Controls

Behavioral Sciences &the Law, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between dyslexia and suggestibility in children, and the extent to which this relationship is accounted for by performance on Word Tasks. Participants comprised 95 children with dyslexia and 109 controls.
Gisli Gudjonsson, Valeria Giostra, Monia Vagni   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source