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October 29, 2005
Can a Science of Social Influence Be Used to Stop Economic Fraud Crimes?
Published in APA Psychological Science Agenda, 19(9), October 2005
An article by Anthony R. Pratkanis, based on testimony given before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging on July 27, 2005.
Every year Americans lose over $100 billion in telemarketing, investment, and charity fraud. [...] For the last 50 plus years, researchers have been investigating experimentally the nature of social influence (Cialdini, 2001; Pratkanis, in press; Pratkanis & Aronson, 2001). Can this research be put to use to prevent economic fraud? Fortunately, the answer is a resounding yes.
Posted by Emma at October 29, 2005 03:27 PM
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