Corporate Crime Summary

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Referring to the same article, the authors questioned the public's stance on the severity of corporate crime. They found that there actually is an emerging understanding that the public is now seeing white collar crimes as relatively serious and therefore, worthy of punishment. Liberals and conservatives have fundamental differences on their thoughts as to the types of punishments that should be implemented for crimes. Conservatives, tending to believe that criminals aren't likely to be successfully rehabilitated, favor punitive policies regarding crime. They believe the individual should be punished for choosing the engage in any sort of criminal behavior, no matter what the circumstances. Liberals on the other hand have more of a situational