TY - CHAP AB - Abstract Accounting and audit scandals, economic disputes, and the use of non-fraudulent financial statements during early 2000s have led to the emergence of the profession “Forensic Accounting” in many countries and its day-by-day increasing importance. At the present time, it is seen that since the acceptance of the fact that this profession is a quite important need, the education of forensic accounting is provided in undergraduate and graduate programs in the USA and Europe as a separate field of study. By this way, the aim of our study is to determine the perceptions and awareness, of the members of the profession and the accounting department students who have the potential to make this profession in the future, about the importance of the forensic accounting education and practices. In our research, we conducted a survey study with the members of the profession and the students of accounting department on the topic of forensic accounting education. The results show that the demand and interest in the forensic accounting profession will increase in the future. At this point, accountants and students emphasize that it would be very important for educational institutions to support students about professional career opportunities for forensic accounting. The results also show that there are some important differences of opinion among students and accountants about the current scope of forensic accounting. VL - 102 SN - 978-1-83867-636-0, 978-1-83867-635-3/1569-3759 DO - 10.1108/S1569-375920200000102006 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1569-375920200000102006 AU - Zeytinog˘lu Emin AU - Anadolu Zafer ED - Simon Grima ED - Engin Boztepe ED - Peter J. Baldacchino PY - 2020 Y1 - 2020/01/01 TI - Forensic Accounting Education: An Evaluation of Perception of Students and Certified Public Accountants T2 - Contemporary Issues in Audit Management and Forensic Accounting T3 - Contemporary Studies in Economic and Financial Analysis PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 27 EP - 40 Y2 - 2024/03/28 ER -