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Responses from societal sectors in Sweden concerning the rise of cyberfraud: A quantitative document analysis using topic modelling

Henriksson, Viktor LU (2024) SOLM02 20241
Department of Sociology of Law
Abstract (Swedish)
Fraud is a crime that causes severe economic damage, and crime rates are rising because of
technological advancements. There is a research gap regarding how fraud crime prevention is
organised and which actors are important for it. This thesis aimed to explore how the rising
occurrence of cyber fraud is addressed on a societal level, using the civil, banking,
governmental, and business sectors. It also aimed to explore how this could be placed in the
framework of risk society, governmentality, and nodal governance. It used a computational
method called topic modelling to analyse a larger collection of documents. This method
resulted in topics describing the most central themes of the documents, and it showed which
topic was more... (More)
Fraud is a crime that causes severe economic damage, and crime rates are rising because of
technological advancements. There is a research gap regarding how fraud crime prevention is
organised and which actors are important for it. This thesis aimed to explore how the rising
occurrence of cyber fraud is addressed on a societal level, using the civil, banking,
governmental, and business sectors. It also aimed to explore how this could be placed in the
framework of risk society, governmentality, and nodal governance. It used a computational
method called topic modelling to analyse a larger collection of documents. This method
resulted in topics describing the most central themes of the documents, and it showed which
topic was more important for each sector and how the sectors and topics related to each other.
The key findings described that fraud prevention is largely seen as an issue for the individual,
as they have to be informed and aware to prevent their own victimisation. The civil sector
thought it was important to keep the banking sector responsible for fraud prevention, and the
banking sector is the most central actor in the fraud prevention network, as it has demands and
expectations on itself from the other actors. The findings imply that a new kind of fraud
prevention is necessary, as technological advancements have made finding the perpetrator
difficult, space irrelevant, and the larger scope of the crimes makes traditional law
enforcement inefficient. (Less)
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author
Henriksson, Viktor LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOLM02 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
fraud, fraud prevention, Sweden, topic modelling, risk society, governmentality, nodal governance
language
English
id
9165283
date added to LUP
2024-06-19 12:54:53
date last changed
2024-06-19 12:54:53
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  abstract     = {{Fraud is a crime that causes severe economic damage, and crime rates are rising because of
technological advancements. There is a research gap regarding how fraud crime prevention is
organised and which actors are important for it. This thesis aimed to explore how the rising
occurrence of cyber fraud is addressed on a societal level, using the civil, banking,
governmental, and business sectors. It also aimed to explore how this could be placed in the
framework of risk society, governmentality, and nodal governance. It used a computational
method called topic modelling to analyse a larger collection of documents. This method
resulted in topics describing the most central themes of the documents, and it showed which
topic was more important for each sector and how the sectors and topics related to each other.
The key findings described that fraud prevention is largely seen as an issue for the individual,
as they have to be informed and aware to prevent their own victimisation. The civil sector
thought it was important to keep the banking sector responsible for fraud prevention, and the
banking sector is the most central actor in the fraud prevention network, as it has demands and
expectations on itself from the other actors. The findings imply that a new kind of fraud
prevention is necessary, as technological advancements have made finding the perpetrator
difficult, space irrelevant, and the larger scope of the crimes makes traditional law
enforcement inefficient.}},
  author       = {{Henriksson, Viktor}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Responses from societal sectors in Sweden concerning the rise of cyberfraud: A quantitative document analysis using topic modelling}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}