Loyalt's Reward - A Felony Conviction: Recent Prosecutions of High-Status Female Offenders
Jacobs, Michelle S
Abstract
This Article analyzes white-collar female crime and compares several high profile cases to those of regular female offenders. It uses government statistical data on female crime to paint a portrait of the female offender. It then compares the prosecution of "street-level" and white-collar female offenders. The Article discusses the prosecutions of Martha Stewart, Betty, Vinson, and Lea Fastow.
The Article argues that these women often share a similar trait of committing the crime out of loyalty to a man engaged in wrong-doing.