My late husband was a white-collar, first-time offender.

But, she said, "nonviolent white-collar offenders don't have to be monitored as closely."

Most if not all white-collar offenders are distinguished by lives of privilege, much of it with origins in class inequality.

But if you take a serious white-collar offender and give him or her house arrest, maybe that is too lenient.

Levine says the biggest challenge white-collar offenders have when entering prison is their lack of street smarts.

A recent Justice Department directive discourages assigning white-collar offenders to house arrest.

But there is no reason to think we are tougher on the blue-collar offender than on the white-collar offender.

He is to serve his time in the dormitory-style rooms at Eglin, a minimum security prison for nonviolent, mostly white-collar offenders.

In Malaysia a smaller cane is used for white-collar offenders but there are no reports of any such distinction being made in Singapore.

Q. Are any companies explicitly receptive to hiring former white-collar offenders?