How effective has Federal legislation been in curtailing white-collar and corporate crime?

I think it has been very poor indeedHow effective has Federal legislation been in curtailing white-collar and corporate crime?Nil. The criminal lover lawyer has granted his good friend and client, nearly total immunity. Only 1 in 100 major crimes results in any consequence to the criminal, mostly not painful.How effective has Federal legislation been in curtailing white-collar and corporate crime?Not very effective. Pretty much criminals in the US do not fear punishment because :



1) The punishment is often not carried out swiftly.



2) The punishment is often not severe enough to stop a criminal.



3) There is very little chance that the person will be caught.



4) If caught there are lots of laws to protect the criminal and few to protect the crime.How effective has Federal legislation been in curtailing white-collar and corporate crime?Judging from the continueing wide-spread nature of the Offences- I'd say, "not very". Laws are MUCH better at costing the taxpayers Money- than they are at detering Crime (although I might add that they DO keep large #s of Lawyers employed %26amp; off the Streets...).