The participants, 92 prisoners, were measured using the Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale and
Eysenck and Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire Revised-Short Scale. The results suggest a
distinction between socialized and non-socialized forms of risk-seeking behaviors. This research
methodology, which examines individuals’ innate psychological characteristics, might be explored
in hopes of developing a better understanding of the factors that drive the actions of white-collar
criminals. An examination of the nature of rationalizations used by perpetrators of fraud could help
us to better understand how perpetrators try to justify their actions; this, in turn, could help
corporations to adjust their corporate culture and/or educate personnel, for example, to deter
employees from justifying fraudulent acts.