Content area
Full text
A Guide to Forensic Accounting Investigation By Thomas W. Golden, Steven L. Skalak, and Mona M. Clciyton Published bv John Wilev & Sons (February 2006); ISBN 0-471-46907-6; 546 pages (hardcover); $135
For years, writing the definitive book on forensic accounting or fraud has been impossible because of the difficulties of meeting the needs of different constituencies in one book. Tom Golden and his colleagues at PricewaterhouseCoopers chose to write specifically about forensic accounting investigation, creating the opportunity for a work of greater focus.
The contributing writers have produced an extensive work that covers many different aspects of the field of forensic accounting investigation. The book includes material on money laundering and other dimensions of forensic accounting. This marathon read requires stamina, but the effort is rewarded with insights in many different areas. For readers with less time or morefocused interests, the book is best treated as a smorgasbord from which a few items can be plucked.
The 28 chapters cover different topics that largely stand alone. A reader using the book as a reference tool can scan the table of contents...