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Kōrero: Dishonesty crime

Blue-collar and white-collar crime

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Blue-collar and white-collar crime

This 2001 Malcolm Evans cartoon plays on the commonly held perception that blue-collar criminals are caught and sentenced to jail (behind prison bars), while white-collar criminals often get away with their crimes, and accumulate wealth (symbolised by this grille of a Rolls Royce). In the early 2000s there was some evidence to show judges were taking a harsher sentencing approach to those found guilty of white-collar crimes by imposing lengthy minimum non-parole periods.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: DX-002-073

by Malcolm Evans

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Carl Walrond, Dishonesty crime – White-collar crime, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/cartoon/31189/blue-collar-and-white-collar-crime (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 6 April 2011, reviewed and revised 2 November 2018 me te āwhina o Greg Newbold.