The White-Collar Criminal as Thug

Terry L. Leap, professor of management at Clemson University

White-collar crime is often punished less harshly than other crimes. But is it really so different? In his book Dishonest Dollars: The Dynamics of White-Collar Crime (Cornell University Press), Mr. Leap argues that white-collar criminals resemble street criminals in the way they "view people as objects to be manipulated."

Q. Why do you say that both street and white-collar crime can

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