White collar crime can be so much worse than violent crimes. If some desperate person punches you in the face that should be punished, but someone who destroys

White collar crime can be so much worse than violent crimes. If some desperate person punches you in the face that should be punished, but someone who destroys the lives of so many by engaging in fraud in the financial sector leading to billions in public money spent to bail out companies, lives destroyed has done far worse than punch a single person in the face.