The government wants to reduce white-collar crime. suppose for the moment innocent people are never wrongly convicted of a crime. according to the becker model of crime and punishment, why should we increase the fines people pay if they are convicted instead of hiring more people to investigate white-collar crime?

Martha entered into a contract with terry, an art dealer. according to the contract, terry was to supply 18 th century artifacts to martha for the play she was directing, and martha was ready to pay $50,000 for this. another director needed the same artifacts and was ready to pay $60,000. terry decided not to sell the artifacts to martha. in this case, the court may order terry to: