Akey fact of white-collar crime is that we hear about only the very slim fraction of people who are caught cheating. most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected. with street crime, meanwhile, that is not the case. a mugging or a burglary or a murder is usually tallied whether or not the criminal is caught. a street crime has a victim, who typically reports the crime to the police, who generate data, which in turn generate thousands of academic papers by criminologists, sociologists, and economists. but white-collar crime presents no obvious victim. in this excerpt, the authors present a comparison between various criminals. an argument in favor of reporting crime. a contrast between different types of crime. an argument against embezzlement.

The third alternative is correct: a contrast between different types of crime

In this text, the authors present a contrast between two types of crime: white-collar crimes and common crimes.

White-collar crimes are financial crimes, such as corruption. This type of crime affects all of society in a proportional way, so that there is no specific victim, all are victims. This type of crime is done in a silent and hidden way, so that its discovery demands regulation and investigation.

Common crimes are considered assaults and murders. These crimes affect a specific person, who feels extremely injured and makes a complaint, which leads to a greater social perception of this type of crime in relation to white collar crime.

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Explanation:

overnment is strong when they have the ability to persuade those they govern to believe government has enough power to force them or should be forcing them to do government’s will.

when enough of the citizenry do not believe government can force them or should force them to do its bidding, government has lost or will lose its strength and power to coerce.

when enough of the citizenry do believe government can force or should force them to do its bidding, they become passive at the least or actively pro-government and repeat government’s own rhetoric to pass on what they have been persuaded by government’s propaganda.

a true majority isn’t always needed to govern or to stop government. many times all that is needed is a strong minority. if a determined 30% of the population rises up against government in a concerted effort to bring it down, this size minority usually will succeed as long as those actively opposing the minority are less in force than the minority. so if 41% of the population sits at home watching tv rooting for one side or the other, they don’t matter. it’s the active parties who make a difference.