1. Define White Collar Crime. Which racial group do you assume reports the highest rate of white-collar crime? Why? Are these offenders stigmatized for their actions? Why do you assume that the law deals with these offenses differently? How can the Conflict Model (Views of Crime) be used to explain this?
2. Discuss the four models of Corporate Criminal Liability.
3. Read the attached articles that compare women’s attempts to fraudulently enroll their children into prestigious schools and the sentences they received. What do you believe is the reason for the sentencing disparity? Analyze these cases through the lens of Structural Strain Theory? What is the culturally desired goal these women wish to achieve? Which group of women most likely lacks to the resources needed to reach the goal?
https://www.charlestonchronicle.net/2019/03/18/the-black-women-jailed-for-stealing-an-education/
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/09/her-only-crime-was-helping-her-kid/597979/
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/434051-story-of-mother-sentenced-to-jail-for-enrolling-child-in
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