Purpose

Financial crime continues to represent a crime type that costs billions of dollars per year. It is likely more widespread than any other criminal offence. Despite this, it remains an area that is often ignored, or at best neglected by police. Police agencies typically fail to invest resources and training in upskilling police in financial crime investigation. The current study evaluates an agency-wide training initiative undertaken by the Queensland Police Service (QPS), Australia.

Design/methodology/approach

The QPS mandated completion of an in-house online financial crime training program for all officers, up to and including the rank of senior sergeant. Matched pre- and post-training data of 1,403 officers were obtained.

Findings

The research found that police are under-trained in financial crime. The findings suggest that short online training programs can produce important improvements in knowledge and confidence in financial crime investigation. Critically, attitudes about this crime type which may be deterring officers from engaging in financial crime investigation can be improved.

Originality/value

The current research finds that police agencies need to more heavily invest in training officers to investigate financial crime and such investment will have positive outcomes. The first step involves improving knowledge, skills and attitudes towards this crime type. Further research is needed to understand why training, particularly related to attitudinal change, is more effective for different cohorts of police and how future training programs should be adapted to maximise success.

中文翻译：

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金融犯罪调查：对警察在线培训计划的评估

目的

金融犯罪继续代表每年花费数十亿美元的犯罪类型。它可能比任何其他刑事犯罪更为普遍。尽管如此，它仍然是一个经常被警察忽视或充其量被忽视的领域。警察机构通常不会投入资源和培训来提高警察在金融犯罪调查中的技能。当前的研究评估了澳大利亚昆士兰警察局 (QPS) 开展的一项全机构培训计划。

设计/方法/方法

QPS 要求所有人员完成内部在线金融犯罪培训计划，直至并包括高级警官级别。获得了 1,403 名军官的匹配训练前和训练后数据。

发现

研究发现，警察在金融犯罪方面的培训不足。调查结果表明，简短的在线培训计划可以大大改善金融犯罪调查的知识和信心。至关重要的是，可以改善对这种可能会阻止官员进行金融犯罪调查的犯罪类型的态度。

原创性/价值

当前的研究发现，警察机构需要加大对培训人员的投资，以调查金融犯罪，这样的投资将产生积极的结果。第一步涉及提高对这种犯罪类型的知识，技能和态度。需要进一步研究以了解为什么培训，特别是与态度改变有关的培训，对不同的警察队伍更有效，以及未来的培训计划应该如何调整以最大限度地取得成功。