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    Running head: White Collar Crime WHITE COLLAR AND OTHER CRIMES AND THEIR PENALTIES. Ken Jaeger Intro to Criminal Justice CRJ 100 Mr. Sexton September 5, 2014 Abstract This paper will discuss the many various aspects of White Collar Crime. It will show how whether White Collar crime differs from other types of crime. It will show how to justify white collar crimes compared to all types of other crimes committed. It will show how and why White collar criminals receive more lenient penalties

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    I would suggest that if the government really wants to reduce crime rates, perhaps they should be targeting the percentage of the population that causes the other 87% of violent crimes. But let us take this hypothetical situation into consideration: What if the government decided that in order to reduce crime rates, no US citizen will be allowed to be in public after 11:00 p.m.? Most people would probably say that the government would

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    Sayre-McCord argues that for justice to take place, instead of punishment, there should be legal reparations made. This topic is very controversial and complex due to varying severities of crimes that changes perspectives of what crimes should be punished or have legal reparations made. I will start my essay by stating the author’s argument and main points of discussion in his essay. Then I will discuss issues and the objections against Sayre-McCord’s arguments that are true. From there, I will proceed

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    is hard to find. I have had one career that I have wanted to do since high school and that is being a Forensic Scientist. This career depends on working in crime labs in federal or state laboratories. There is many different kinds of forensic scientist, but the general forensic scientist is the most popular. This career involves a lot of crime scenes and most of the time is spent writing reports as well overtime is always included in this job. Forensic Scientist involve a lot of complex situations

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    people's choice, putting children in a possibly bad circumstance, and it will increase crime rate do to an increase of birth in areas of poverty. To start off, The majority of women that have an abortion are usually people who may not be able to afford it. A lower class individual, on average, makes less than 14 thousand a year. It costs about 500 to pay for abortion, Which is a lot for a person who isn't making a lot to pay for an abortion. In the book, Freakonomics a rogue economist explores the hidden

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    White collar crimes have very distinguishing features that convey a different standard than any other set of crimes that are committed within the judicial system. Consequently, these features are what make white collar crimes not only hard to identify that a crime has occurred, but also the cost and extent of the crimes. First white-collar crimes are not oblivious to those around them, unlike street crimes where you realize that a crime has been committed. Unlike a murder or burglary, the signs

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    death penalty, has no justification. It’s another crime being committed, but this time by the government. The death penalty is usually given to a person that’s found guilty of a capital crime. However, it’s not easy to consider the death penalty as an easy way to punish the guilty. Though many people believe that the death penalty is the right way to punish people that has done hideous crimes, it’s possible to kill an innocent person, citizens pay million for the death penalty, and people of color

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    made for and against the death penalty, but this is not the problem. Capital Punishment is supposed to be a deterrent to crime, but is the death penalty really a deterrent? Capital Punishment is not a deterrent for crime, and the effects of Capital Punishment are actually hurting the American citizens. Capital Punishment affects the American citizens by having those citizens pay millions of dollars for death row inmates, and these criminals affect those same citizens because the

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    The death penalty, also called capital punishment, is the method some countries use to punish people who have committed violent crimes. In the United States, the death penalty has been abolished in nineteen States, but it is used by the other thirty-one States. The debate on whether the death penalty should be abolished or not continues in these States. At the present time 56% of the people in the U.S. support the capital punishment according to the Pew Research Center (Less Support for Death Penalty

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    individuals to commit a crime. A person’s social status structures “social interactions”, as every role has a specific behavior that is associated with it as well as power. Within the “hierarchical organization of social statuses” people have access to certain resources, wealth, and education that sometimes controls the outcomes that it occurs. The class you are born in usually determines what crimes are committed though everyone is capable of doing the same crimes, some crimes are more accepted. Those

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