Proactive Crime Prevention Meets Financial Fraud Risk Management

I was recently asked by a professional in the banking and fraud risk management field whether my new book would be of value to them. It’s a great question — because while the book is written primarily for law enforcement, its proactive, evidence-based strategies have clear application far beyond “street crime.”

In fact, many of the approaches outlined — Evidence-Based Policing, Problem-Oriented Policing, Predictive Analytics, CompStat, CPTED, Place Network Investigations, and more — can be directly adapted to fraud prevention and risk management inside financial institutions.

✅ Here’s why it’s relevant to fraud management:

• Data-Driven Decision-Making → Mirrors fraud analytics, transaction monitoring, and trend analysis in banking.

• Problem-Oriented Approaches (SARA/PANDA) → Perfect for tackling recurring fraud patterns like wire scams or phishing.

• Hot Spot & Predictive Strategies → Useful for identifying fraud “hot zones” in payment channels, geographies, or merchant categories.

• Focused Deterrence & Network Mapping → Effective against organized fraud rings or insider-enabled fraud.

• CompStat-Style Accountability → Encourages structured performance reviews and cross-department collaboration in fraud teams.

⚖️ Limitations?

The examples in the book are law-enforcement-centric. To maximize value in banking, the frameworks would need to be translated into industry language and paired with finance-specific case studies. But the foundation is solid — a practical, adaptable framework for any organization fighting evolving threats.

💡 Bottom line:

If your goal is to build smarter, proactive systems to prevent problems before they happen — whether on the street or inside a financial institution — this book provides the playbook.

📖 Proactive Crime Prevention: A Practical Understanding of What, Why, and How

Available now in paperback & eBook → https://a.co/d/j56BUYQ

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