White Collar Crime

Mainly the paper shall seek to determine persuasively the reasons why white collar crimes/corporate crimes are perceived as less severe in Canada than the street crimes such as robberies (Ashworth & Horder, 2013). To achieve this, there shall be a direct relation to the case of the Sorenson and Brost Ponzi scheme. In essence, white collar crimes are more brutal as compared to the simple robberies that take place given that the perpetrators often engage in significant transactional activities. Discussion The society we live in seems to be more lenient to perpetrators of white-collar crimes, but still vulnerable to fraud. This makes white-collar crimes to be more brutal as compared to the violent crimes since a single action of one individual in the society may greatly impact on the lives of the many innocent people.Similarly, authorities in the country have also tended to create a mental image regarding the white-collar crime and the perpetrators in that they are taken as people in suit...