Describe contemporary Issues in CJ Response to classmates discussion board post.

Ask a probing or clarifying question.Share an insight from having read your colleague’s posting.Offer, support, or challenge a positionValidate an idea with your own experience.Expand on your colleague’s posting.Ask for evidence that supports the posting.respond as if you were talking to my classmate, classmates post belowWhite-collar crimes do not typically get as much exposure when compared to other crimes because white-collar crimes are harder to recognize and sometimes hard to understand. Conventional crimes such as rape, robbery, and homicide are much easier to understand and appreciate what the consequences of those crimes are. For example, tax fraud is different, complicated, dynamic it and often involves a different demographic group than what conventional crime has. White-collar offenders tend to be older, better off, more educated, and—virtually by definition—are more likely to be gainfully employed in a legitimate occupation that conventional crime offenders (Friederichs, 2010; Payne, 2013). Money and political power play a role not only in conventional crimes but even more so in white-collar crimes. Wealth and political connections most definitely make a difference when a person is facing criminal charges, e.g., Martha Stewart, Bernie Madoff, and Dennis Kozlowski. It is often difficult for judges when deciding on sentencing for convicted white-collar crime offenders because usually, the offenders have no criminal history. White-collar crimes are also far from being victimless crimes. They may not be violent in nature, but they certainly have a victim, usually many victims. Bernie Madoff is one of the most commonly recognized names when it comes to white-collar criminals. Madoff pled guilty to securities fraud as well as investment advisor fraud. There were eleven felony counts. Madoff lost over fifty billion dollars of investor’s money who trusted him; there were numerous victims. The victims are often financially affected to a great degree, and some victims have their life savings taken (Haury, 2020). In this case, I do believe that Madoff was sentenced appropriately. Madoff was sentenced to a 150-year life sentence in federal prison. Haury, A. C. (2020, January 29). Sentences For White-Collar Criminals: Too Harsh Or Too Lenient? Retrieved from https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0512/sentences-for-white-collar-criminals-too-harsh-or-too-lenient.aspxIsmaili, K. (2017). U.S. criminal justice policy: a contemporary reader. Burlington, MA: Jones & Bartlett Learning.