The Psychology of Fraud and Embezzlement

This seminar will follow the ANZAPPL WA Annual General Meeting. Further information about the AGM can be found here.

Registration for the Annual General Meeting and lecture are essential. Please click here to register.

Dr David Curnow has been a Forensic Psychologist for over 20 years. In 2011 he was awarded his PhD in psychology from Monash University after researching while collar offenders. David’s career spans state and federal governments, private practice and research agencies. For the past 8 years he has been in decision making roles at the Adult Parole Board and since 2020 the Post Sentence Authority of Victoria. In private practice, David has delivered psychological treatment to diverse client groups, training clinicians and corporate groups and reports to courts on criminal, civil and family law matters. He has presented his research at over 25 national and international conferences and lectures in Forensic Psychology at several Melbourne-based universities. David was a member of the Standards Australia committee which reviewed Fraud and Corruption Control Standard (AS8001) releasing the update in 2021 by Palgrave Macmillan. David is presenting here in a private practice capacity.

David’s presentation will be live streamed from Victoria and will include:

• An overview of the fraud and embezzlement landscape.
• Models of embezzlement and fraud including the Psychology of the Embezzler Model.
• The role psychology can play in the prevention of embezzlement, fraud and corruption