Why Is White-Collar Crime Punished Disproportionally Compared to Blue-Collar Crime

question 84

Multiple Choice

Why is white-collar crime punished disproportionally compared to blue-collar crime?

• A)White-collar criminals can easily pay their bails and penalties with the very money they steal.
• B)Only sociologists see white-collar crime as deviant.
• C)White-collar criminals are typically judged by other white-collar criminals.
• D)White-collar crimes are still perceived as victimless,that is,not harming its victims in the personal way a blue-collar crime harms its victims.

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