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I'd love to hear whether 1% account for all white collar crime. But Willie Horton terrifies people in a way that Bernie Madoff does not, so I expect that "toug
by rectang 9y ago
I'd love to hear whether 1% account for all white collar crime.
But Willie Horton terrifies people in a way that Bernie Madoff does not, so I expect that "tough on crime" will continue to exclude white collar crime.
- DanBC 9y agoNot sure why you got downvoted. You make an interesting point. How would you measure? Dollar value? Number of crimes? Number of victims of crime?
- rectang 9y agoMmm, I'd say number of crimes. The recidivism rate would would be very interesting to study because it is so typical for white collar criminals to receive absurdly light sentences. There's a sentiment here in this discussion that we should lock violent criminals away with extreme prejudice, even at the cost of false positives. (Which is the at odds with the idea of having criminal conviction require proof "beyond a reasonable doubt".) I wonder if people are similarly enthusiastic about such harsh treatment of white-collar criminals.