Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Corporate offenders and white collar criminals are generally less likely to obtain reversals of convictions on appeal than are conventional offenders.
2. White collar offenders who have victimized the government are least likely to be fined.
3. Some studies reported in the text found that higher status white collar crime offenders received more severe sentences than lower status white collar crime offenders.
4. There are some indications that prison sentences for white collar crime offenders became more common in the post-Watergate period.
5. The organizations processed for criminal charges by the federal system are disproportionately large-scale, major corporations.


1. FALSE
2. FALSE
3. TRUE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE

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