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Why are rates of imprisonment higher in the United States than anywhere else in the world?
 
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What is white-collar crime?
 
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Answer to Question 1

Imprisonment rates are higher in the United States because of harsher sentencing policies, especially for drug-related offenses, such as mandatory minimums and three strikes and you're out laws.

Answer to Question 2

White-collar crime is crime committed by respectable people of high status in the course of their occupations and by companies.



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