Do perceptions of punishment vary between white-collar and street crimes?
Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 35, Issue 2, March-April 2007, Pages 151-163
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Andrea Schoepfer, Stephanie Carmichael and Nicole Leeper Piquero
"This study used data from a national probability sample to examine whether the determinants of perceived sanction certainty and severity for street crime were different from white-collar crime. Using robbery and fraud as two exemplars, the findings indicated that while public perceptions of sanction certainty and severity suggested that street criminals were more likely to be caught and be sentenced to more severe sanctions than white-collar criminals, respondent's perceptions of which type of crime should be more severely punished indicated that both robbery and fraud were equally likely to be perceived ‘on par.’"