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__Prison time, fines, and federal white-collar criminals: the anatomy of a racial disparity.(The Changing Face of White-Collar Crime)__
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In this article it talks about are different races, sexes, or socio-economic status recevie different sentences. They examine racial disparities in white collar criminal sentencing using a large dataset provided by the United States Sentencing Commission. An intersting part is when they were controlling many relevant characteristics as possible, blacks and Hispanics receive longer prison sentences than whites.

As also stated about The Federal Setence guildlines in most American history, federal district court judges had vast discretion over sentencing. Some statutes prescribed a maximum fine or time of imprisonment for a particular crime, and a handful prescribed minimums. Otherwise, trial judges were basically free to impose the sentences they thought appropriate. Their judgements however, were never subject to appellate review.

Finally, it talks about the prison setence under guidelines such as Offense Level Calculations, Criminal History Calculations, Departures from the Guidelines, and United States v. Booker and how they are based. According to the creator of the guildlines, the Guidelines are fairly straightforward in theory. As one person observed, the guidelines can be reviewed."nothing more than a set of instructions for one chart--the Sentencing Table."

__White Collar Crime - Guide to White Collar Crimes Law__
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In this article it talks about what White Collar Crimes are. They say that White Colar crimes is generic term for nonviolent crimes, motivated primarily by personal gain, committed by businesspeople or public officials. However, the arctile states the myrid violations associated with this term are extensive, including: various acts of fraud, antitrust violations, tax evasion, environmental law violations, cheating consumers, bribery, kickbacks, counterfeiting, public corruption, money laundering, economic espionage, trade secret theft, swindles, insider trading on the stock market, embezzlement and other forms of dishonest business schemes.

Next, it says that white collar crimes are prosecuted by state or federal government, although federal law covers a much wider range of criminal misconduct in this area. Finally, it states that the federal criminal justice system is better suited to deal with white-collar crimes on a large scale

__White Collar Crime__
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As shown in this last arctile, White Collar Crime can happen on many different terms. Which are, use position for gain, Expanded by some to include a wider range of "middle-class" criminality and "high-tech" crimes, Opportunity structures, and many others. Overall, White Collar Crimes can happen by many different terms.

Also, White Collar Crime can be caused by certain characteristics. Deliberate acts motivated by profit, lack of reporting, and many others. Characteristics are a important thing in a white collar crime.

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