Exam 3: III pt. 2 Flashcards
What are the 5 goals of sentencing?
- ) rehabilitation
- ) Reintegration/ restoration
- ) retribution
- ) incapacitation
- ) deterrence
What is rehabilitation?
offenders are brought into the justice process so that the gov’t can play a role in treating whatever issues offenders have that may have contributed to wrongdoing.
What is retribution?
offender should be punished to meet societal demands.
Corporate crimes are hard to detect because?
they are disguised in routine legitimate activities
To become aware of corporate crimes you need _________ _________ and __________ __________
proactive policing
encourage reporting
The judge plays a ________ role
mediator
What are the factors involved when deciding sentences?
1) Harm
2) Blameworthiness
3) Consequences
4) Goals
What is Reintegration/ restoration?
Back into society/ make reparations
Why is sentencing of WCC offenders different from conventional crimes?
1) WCC viewed as less serious
2) toughest sentencing laws are reserved for traditional offending.
3) judges see WCO as less deserving of prison time and more to offer the community.
4) cooperation is more important in WCC
5) sentenced more leniently
6) sentencing varies
What was the 1984 Sentencing Reform Act?
created sentencing guidelines that promote uniform, fair, and harsher sentences.
“remedy individualized disparity in federal criminal sentences and to equalize sentencing for ‘street criminals’ and ‘white-collar offenders’”
What do we know about prison experience of WCC offenders?
- ) depression
- ) danger
- ) deprivations
- ) deviance
- ) doldrums
Why do WCC offenders experience depression in prison?
- one’s first exposure to prison life.
- loss of job
- loss of status
- isolation
- sentencing dynamics
Why do WCC offenders experience dangers in prison?
- celebrity bashing
- prison placement
- prison culture/socialization
- exaggerated concerns
How do WCC offenders experience deprivation?
WCO accustomed to certain lifestyles, experience of deprivations might be problematic.
Do the experiences of WCC offenders sentenced to jail/prison differ from that of conventional offenders?
- experience boredom
- shaming is more particular to WCCO
What is the “white collar prison consultant industry”?
hired to advise clients on how to behave, teach, unwritten rules, how to survive prison.
What are the different types of lawsuits against WCC?
- ) individual suing businesses (civil suits)
- ) businesses suing businesses
- ) gov’t suing individuals (collateral civil suits)
- ) gov’t agencies suing businesses
- ) qui tam suits
- ) class actions suits
- ) tort lawsuits
- ) contract law suits
What type of lawsuit is this:
suit being brought by one person
individual suing businesses (civil suits)
What type of lawsuit is this:
a group of people come together against a defendant
businesses suing businesses
What type of lawsuit is this:
government suing individuals
gov’t suing individuals (collateral civil suits)
What type of lawsuit is this:
gov’t agencies suing businesses
gov’t agencies suing businesses
What type of lawsuit is this:
an individual sues a corp. on behalf of the gov’t. Individuals who do so receive 25-30% of the damages received. Citizens must show that the info they are using did not come from public disclosure made by other parties.
qui tam suits
What type of lawsuit is this:
group of victims sues a business or corp jointly for harm caused; any damages received would be split in a predetermined way.
class actions suits
What type of lawsuit is this:
“1 party alleging injury/damage/loss stemming from negligent/intentional acts of another party”
tort lawsuits
What type of lawsuit is this:
“involved fraud, employment, discrimination, tortious interferences or allegations of un fulfillment agreements b/w buyers/sellers/lenders/borrowers.
contract law suits
What are the types of damages caused by WCC offenders?
punitive damages
compensatory damage
What are punitive damages?
awarded when the defendants receives a punishment designed to punish & deter.
What are compensatory damages?
awards made to plaintiff to compensate for their victimization experiences.
