Studies of the Relationship Between Class Status and Sentencing Outcomes

Studies of the relationship between class status and sentencing outcomes in white collar crime cases have shown that:

A) higher-status white collar offenders receive more severe sentences than lower-status white collar offenders
B) lower-status white collar offenders receive more severe sentences than higher-status white collar offenders
C) higher-status offenders appear to receive more severe sentences than lower-status offenders, but only according to some studies
D) class status seems to have nothing whatsoever to do with sentencing outcomes