Pricella Adams White collar crime “White collar crime” includes “a book, a sinner, a moral leper or the Devil incarnate but he Cressey, Sutherland’s protégé seems to believe the people of the business word are more criminalist then the people of the slums, this is what you call organize crime. person, con artists, and public officials, the term was or originally intended as classification of offenders but has expanded to include a broad range of non-violent offenses that have cheating, and dishonesty as their central element. Consumer fraud, bribery and stock manipulation are example of white collar crime. (Barnet, C) to pay fully for the crime committed or spend any time incarcerated. They have money therefore they can afford the best lawyers for legal advice. People don’t look at white collar crime as jail time. (Example) A street crime such as a drug pusher may get 10-30 years in jail or prison for illegally selling drugs on the streets, but a senior who illegally buy prescription medication from Mexico or Canada illegally may not get any time in prison or jail. The two comparison are the same type of crime in the United States, but looked at by the federal courts as a leaser crime committed as the other. Business fraud is as familiar in their business context as are street crimes Americans including teenagers commit. Federal courts convictions for corporations tended to be extremely light. Less then half was fined 5,000 or less, 80% was fined 25,000 or less. Probation, jail or prison time against executives was almost non-existence, less then one-fifth of the time. There are several major white collar crimes smuggling in Illegal immigration, credit card fraud, computers crimes, money laundering and securities fraud. Bankruptcy fraud has a Health care fraud continues to climb the ladder in the United States with losses exceeding 50 billion dollars annually. Large scale mortgage fraud and identity theft operations, majority of these...