INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE
The purpose of this paper is to attempt to answer the question, what is the purpose
of research in forensic accounting? Research in forensic accounting should not be
confused with the research that forensic accountants do when conducting research
for a client engagement. Here, research in forensic accounting refers to research
about forensic accounting as a field, about forensic accountants, and about the
forensic accounting profession and industry. A field as defined by Bourdieu is