This dimension groups criminal offenses by their grade or severity. Wikipedia notes that an offender, if found guilty, "may be sentenced to a form of reparation such as a community sentence, or, depending on the nature of their offence, to undergo imprisonment, life imprisonment or, in some jurisdictions, death," a range of penalties that tracks the offense's own grade. Browsing by offense grade compares offenses of a similar severity.
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Origin EraSourced to the subject's own account Offense Grade
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1. Wikipedia: White-Collar Crime
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It was first defined by the sociologist Edwin Sutherland in 1939 as 'a crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of their occupation'.
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