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According to legal scholar Morris Cohen, why should victimless crimes be criminally prohibited?
 
  a. Because then moral crusaders would not get to define the law.
 b. Because victimless crimes are highly immoral, just like street crimes..
 c. Because one of the functions of criminal law is to express the public's shared sense of morality.
 d. Because victimless crimes cause social harm, and all acts that cause social harm are criminally prohibited.

Question 2

According to the text, sexual abuse accusations often:
 
  a. are discounted c. are made in conjunction with marital disputes
  b. involve upper-class families d. require extraneous witnesses



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Answer to Question 1

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