Geography 2153A/B Midterm: chapter 13 and 14
28 Jun 2016
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It is their responsibility to ensure that the justice process unfolds in a way that is fair to the defendant and the state. 3 most salient factors influencing judicial decision making in white-collar crime cases: harm from the offense, blameworthiness. Assessing blame, judges considered prior records, offender motive, the offenders life, history, and evidence presented at the trial: consequences of the punishment. Judges perceived white collar offenders as having a special sensitivity to imprisonment. Providing a powerful general deterrent that would keep white-collar employees from engaging in future misconduct. Publicity is an important ingredient in increasing the deterrent potential of jail. More harm caused by the offense, the less favorably judges perceived white-collar offenders. Federal and state sentencing guidelines now give judges less discretion in deciding how to punish white- collar offenders. In white-collar crime cases, upping the sanction usually results from significant monetary harm, emotional harm, offenses targeting vulnerable groups and abuses of trust.
