White collar crimes are often crimes of a nonviolent nature involving dishonesty and cheating. Often times, it is businessmen who commit white collar crimes under the cover of legitimate businesses. Most times, these crimes have a lesser penalty because they are nonviolent, however, large fines are often involved, as well as jail-time. Lucy May1One form of
In the course of finding a person either guilty or innocence, the court must uncover the “mens rea”. This is from a Latin phrase Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea which means that an act does not make a man guilty unless his mind is also guilty. As it pertains to justice being