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tiara099

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During the Prohibition era, when the government outlawed the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages, which type of crime led to criminals gaining both wealth and power by making and distributing liquor to an eager public?
 
  a. corporate crime
  b. white collar crime
  c. victimless crime
  d. organized crime

Question 2

Which of the following would constitute a hate crime?
 
  a. an assault motivated by anti-gay feelings on a person believed by the offender to be gay
  b. an Asian gang member stealing a car from a white woman
  c. a white person raping a black person with whom he has been friends
  d. an Italian man embezzling from his workplace



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Answer to Question 1

(Answer: d)

Answer to Question 2

(Answer: a)



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