Criminal Justice: White-Collar Crime

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses issues of white-collar crime: waste in the oil industry, the U.S. government sabotaging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), corporate fraud and the sentencing of white-collar criminals.

Table of Contents:
Focus on the Waste Oil Industry
The U.S. Government Sabotaging OSHA
Investigation and Effects of Corporate Fraud
Sentences for White-Collar Criminals

From the Paper:

"The number of victims, including crimes with high shareholder losses, is closely related to how offenders are sentenced; perceived intent and responsibility of shareholders frequently plays out dramatically in the media. Media attention may be the cause or the result of stricter punishments for crimes with multiple victims. Despite a few of these high profile cases, including large media frenzies like Enron, white-colar crime is Weissmann and Block (2007) report found that the average federal sentence for fraud in 2005 was a relatively slim 23.6 months in prison."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Coyne, B. (2005, May 30). Budget, alliance uncertainties threaten grassroots work safety efforts. The New Standard. Retrieved May 8, 2007, from http://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/1867
• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). (2006). Financial crimes report to the public Fiscal year 2006. Washington, DC: U.S Government Printing Office.
• Higgins, M. (1999). Sizing up sentences. ABA Journal, 85(11), 42-47.
• McGarity, T., Shapiro, S., & D. Bollier. (n.d.). Sophisticated sabotage. Center for American Progress: Media and Culture. Retrieved May 8, 2007, from http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/kfiles/b187072.html
• Michie's legal resources: Tennessee. (n.d.). Retrieved May 7, 2007, from http://michie.lexisnexis.com/tennessee/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=

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